Treatment Centers

According to a national survey, 22.7 million Americans struggled with substance use disorders in 2013, but only 2.5 million received treatment. The gap between those who need treatment and those [...]

The use of plant materials to relieve suffering, treat illness or conduct religious ceremonies has a long history. Occasionally, the Industry News will look more closely at the history of a [...]

Widely heralded as the “antidote” to opioid overdoses, naloxone was first patented in New York in 1961 by scientists looking to treat constipation caused by chronic opioid use. Despite being [...]

New research funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has determined techniques to increase adoption of prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs), [...]

More than 43 percent of patients receiving buprenorphine for opioid addiction also receive prescriptions for other opioid painkillers during treatment, and 67 percent are prescribed opioids in [...]

In response to the opioid epidemic, communities around the country are launching new awareness campaigns that depict the devastating impact of teenage overdoses from prescription painkillers. The [...]

New data on synthetic opioids show an alarming number of overdose deaths due to fentanyl, a synthetic opioid available both as a prescription and increasingly on the black market. Currently 18 [...]

This is the third article in a series about the complex issues around treatment for substance use disorders, particularly with regard to opioids. Abstinence is a centuries-old method for treating [...]

Note: This is the second article in a series on substance abuse disorders and the issues surrounding treatment. The goal of this series to educate and inform so we can better support our clients [...]

Because the opioid epidemic is such a critical issue to both our nation and our industry, the Cordant news section is launching its first-ever series to look more in-depth at substance use [...]