Opioid-related deaths continue to take the lives of thousands in the U.S. each year, with non-fatal opioid overdoses as a significant risk factor for a subse...

In my first book-Drug Induced- I demonstrated that opiate overdose was rarely ever linked to drug purity. Reviewing research and mechanisms of overdose, I s...

A new review published online today in the journal Addiction has compiled the best, most up-to-date source of information on alcohol, tobacco, and illicit dr...

With ever increase awareness of the rise of opiate related death, and interesting research study has made a major step forward in identifying a possible vacc...

A major challenge for substance misuse and related fields in the UK is to address the dramatic rise in drug related deaths. Findings has produced a deep rev...

Naltrexone has become an important tool in the front line defense against overdose from opiates in both the the US and the UK. However, a recent study has r...

Drug related overdose rates are rising in both the UK and the US. One of the largest studies of over 13,000 deaths has just been published in the US. i't f...