November 2016 |
This brief fact sheet provides information about the effectiveness of medications for opioid use disorders and recent scientific advances in this area.
March 2017 |
This brief fact sheet provides information about the risks of prescription opioid pain relievers and a summary of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Guideline for Opioid Prescribing for...
August 2019 |
To date, there are no cannabis-derived medications that are FDA-approved for treating conditions associated with pregnancy, including nausea. However, cannabis is the illicit drug most commonly used by pregnant women...
March 2017 |
This brief fact sheet provides information about the life-saving drug naloxone, which can reverse an opioid overdose, including how it works and where to get it.
December 2017 |
This brief fact sheet provides information about why it is important to treat opioid addiction in criminal justice settings and how treatment is being provided.
July 2017 |
This brief fact sheet discusses the risks of untreated opioid use disorder during pregnancy, particularly neonatal abstinence syndrome, and provides evidence-based treatment options that have been shown to be safe...