800-861-9372
Trending Topics
Prenatal Opioid Exposure Does Not Predict School Grades
For someone leaving an emergency room in withdrawal, the days before their next opioid addiction treatment appointment are often the most dangerous. Now, a Missouri hospital system says closing that gap has nearly tripled patient engagement. The Show-Me State has long featured many programs for substance misuse, including local Narcotics Anonymous chapters, and these expanded …
Sponsored
Latest News
Wisconsin Opioid Overdose Deaths Fall 35 Percent Since 2022
Wisconsin residents are seeing a sharp decline in overdose deaths after years of record losses. The downward trend offers cautious hope to people affected by opioid addiction and the communities working to fight it. Overdose deaths in the state hit a record high of 1,830 in 2022, then fell more than 35% by 2024, according …
Read More
Kratom Poison Calls Jump 1,200% as US Oversight Lags
Calls to US poison centers involving kratom rose 1,200% between 2015 and 2025, according to the CDC. In Maine, physicians are now seeing more emergency visits tied to the unregulated, opioid-like substance. Even though The Pine Tree State features an abundance of inpatient programs and local Narcotics Anonymous chapters for residents, the kratom trend sits …
Read More
Opioid Settlement Funds Could Aid Grandparents Raising Kids
The opioid crisis continues to leave a long trail, and some of the people carrying its weight are grandparents. As opioid addiction has pulled parents out of children’s lives through death or active substance use, older relatives have stepped in to raise the next generation. Now a handful of states plan to use opioid settlement …
Read More
California Drug Bust Nets $2.1M in Fentanyl, Counterfeit Adderall
A routine probation check in Southern California has again shown how counterfeit pills and fentanyl move through the illicit drug supply. Investigators in Ventura County uncovered about a pound of fentanyl and 85,000 counterfeit Adderall pills as part of a seizure officials valued at roughly $2.1 million. The news has caught many residents by surprise. …
Read More
DEA Moves to Schedule Kratom Compound 7-OH as Opioid
A substance once marketed as a natural remedy is drawing federal action and personal warnings from the people who used it. Current and former users described kratom and its derivatives, especially its concentrated compound 7-hydroxymitragynine, or 7-OH, as an addictive substance like opioids that upended their lives. Their accounts line up with what regulators and …
Read More
DEA Warns Fentanyl Risk High for US World Cup Visitors
As Seattle co-hosts the FIFA World Cup 2026, federal officials are warning the hundreds of thousands of fans arriving in the city that the illicit drug supply they may encounter is more dangerous than they realize. The DEA’s Seattle Field Division has launched a fentanyl awareness campaign timed alongside the tournament to remind visitors and …
Read More
California Schools Add Fentanyl Education This Year
California is adding fentanyl education to the lesson plan. Under a state law, public school districts, along with charter and private schools that offer health classes, must teach students about the dangers of fentanyl. Educators plan to begin the curriculum in the 2026-2027 school year. Students in California have witnessed family members and loved ones …
Read More
Great Falls Vigil Remembers Lives Lost to Overdose
A candlelight vigil in Great Falls has put a human face on Montana’s opioid crisis, honoring people lost to fentanyl addiction, domestic violence and suicide. Dozens gathered on the historic 10th Street Bridge on June 24 to remember loved ones and to remind people still struggling with opioid addiction that support is available. Montana features …
Read More
$3 Million in Fentanyl Seized in Utah Traffic Stop
A single traffic stop in southern Utah pulled an estimated 330,000 fentanyl pills off the road. This seizure shows how much of the synthetic opioid is still moving through communities during the overdose epidemic. Even though Utah features a wide range of inpatient programs and local grassroots such as Narcotics Anonymous chapters for folks impacted …
Read More