Jan 2, 2020 | Recent News
New research supports the idea that economic distress led to an increase in opioid abuse. But some say the origins of the epidemic are far more complicated. Read More.
Dec 23, 2019 | Recent News
While the number of drug overdose deaths appears to have fallen nationally in 2018 for the first time in nearly three decades, the overdose death rate remains about seven times higher than a generation ago. Read More.
Dec 20, 2019 | New Studies & Data
U.S. Adults with an opioid use disorder who live with a child have unique treatment needs, but little is known about the treatment use of these adults. Read...
Dec 19, 2019 | Recent News
Anyone can save a life during an opioid overdose with naloxone, a front-line defense in the nation’s opioid crisis. Naloxone is a life-saving drug that, when sprayed into the nose or injected, quickly reverses the powerful effects of opioids during an...
Dec 19, 2019 | New Studies & Data
Little is known about opioid overdose or naloxone access among pregnant women. Read...
Dec 18, 2019 | Recent News
American Indians in Minnesota have the highest opioid overdose death rate of American Indians anywhere in the country. Read More.
Dec 18, 2019 | New Studies & Data
The current epidemic of opioid addiction has arguably been the most recalcitrant in the nation’s history and the first to involve substantial numbers of adolescents. Read...
Dec 17, 2019 | New Studies & Data
This paper provides a detailed discussion of the effects caused by opioid addiction among Black Americans. Read...
Dec 16, 2019 | New Studies & Data
As a population disproportionately affected by substance use disorders (SUDs), the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community has not been spared from the opioid epidemic. Read...
Dec 16, 2019 | Videos of Hope
Music and lyrics by St. Paul, MN-based recording artist Danami. Accessible...
