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In some non–U.S. nations, health care providers can prescribe medical-grade heroin and supervise patients as they take it.

Fatal overdoses are down more than 50 percent since last year, an astounding turnaround for one of the nation’s addiction hot spots.

Researchers modeled the differences between testing focused on baby boomers versus universal screening.

Researchers analyzed data on more than a quarter of a million teens and young adults attending federally qualified health centers.

The Canadian harm reduction center will provide medical marijuana at little to no cost as a safer alternative to opioids.

Inhabitants are facing mounting hepatitis A, addiction and overdose risks.

Experts say the deadly prescription painkiller could soon replace heroin entirely.

The harm reduction facility could be the first in the nation.

A group of experts has issued a call to arms, spotlighting missed opportunities for addiction treatment in hospital settings.

As IV drug use increases across the country, overdoses, hepatitis C and deadly bacterial infections are also on the rise.

A major mitigating factor may be treating HIV with antiretrovirals.

A speedy overview of the major scientific findings presented at the International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam (AIDS 2018)

Compared with the general population, they have much higher rates of death from HIV, viral hepatitis and other causes during this time.

A CDC report reveals new trends.

Critics say the ads are reminiscent of the now-infamous “This Is Your Brain on Drugs” campaign from the 1980s.

The city’s Harm Reduction Action Center is collaborating with local journalists for a four-part in-depth series about addiction in Colorado.