A tent under a railroad track near Dayton, Ohio. (Photo by vistavision / Flickr) Opioid abuse and rural homelessness create a spiral for some rural residents, a new study has found. For the study, ...

Military veterans may be able to buy naloxone over the counter at CVS or Walgreens, but not at their local VA clinic. A new bipartisan bill in Congress aims to change that by providing the ...

Less than half of people experiencing homelessness regularly used illicit drugs in the prior six months. The most common drugs used by this population aren't opioids but methamphetamines. And a ...

Veterans who were co-prescribed an opioid and benzodiazepine by doctors at the Department of Veterans Affairs faced an increased mortality risk, a new report found. Opioids are typically prescribed ...

Due to the effects of active duty and combat-related injuries, among other potential predisposing factors, the VA population has higher rates of chronic pain, traumatic brain injury, posttraumatic ...

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Costa Mesa will direct millions in opioid settlement money to services supporting homeless people with substance abuse disorders. Council members recently committed to using “past and future” ...

PHOENIX, Arizona — More than 50% of veterans who receive opioids go on to use the pain medications chronically, according to a new study of data on nearly 1 million veterans who receive opioids. This ...

About 1 in 10 veterans with early-stage cancer developed new persistent opioid use after curative‐intent surgery, though less than 1% were diagnosed with opioid use disorder. “Although a cancer ...