Rowan County Public Health is inviting community members to attend the upcoming Substance Use Forum on Oct. 20, from 5-8 p.m. at the Rowan County Community Center, located at 1935 Jake Alexander Blvd.

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Marianne is a Boston resident who has been in recovery for ...

Two years ago, Tyler Yates lost his best friend to an overdose. At the urging of another person in the recovery community, Yates said his best friend stopped taking buprenorphine — a medication used ...

La Plata County Public Health Department’s Harm Reduction program is a response to the rise in opioid-related overdoses both nationally and within La Plata County. Overdose deaths have more than ...

Social scientists have sought for years to identify an alcoholic personality and haven't found one. Amplifying politically convenient memes only increases stigma.

A new national study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, with colleagues at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, University of Chicago, National Opinion Research ...

Nichole Nidey is an assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology in the University of Iowa College of Public Health. She studies maternal child health and substance use during pregnancy and ...

In this conversation, Christina Dent and Stacey McKenna discuss the complexities of substance use, particularly in relation to motherhood and pregnancy. Stacey shares her personal journey with ...

Beetham, T. (2019). Buprenorphine prior authorization removal: Low hanging fruit in the opioid overdose crisis. Harvard Public Health Review, 25. 5. Bell, J., Reed, K ...

DHD 10's HOPE Project, a mobile harm reduction program, will now make weekly stops at Love in the Community, north of ...