Most of those overdosing haven’t received prescription opioids recently, suggesting a need for more opioid use disorder screening and treatment.

Thirty-five times more white patients than patients of color receive buprenorphine, and three-quarters of prescriptions go to those who pay cash or have private insurance

Study: Long-term opioid use by one or more family members was associated to persistent opioid use by adolescents prescribed opioids after common surgical and dental procedures.

Rate of amphetamine and opioid use increased more among delivering moms in rural counties. 

Countless research projects to better understand the science of addiction are in motion. Those cross-disciplinary findings are informing prevention and treatment.

Benzodiazepine prescribing is most intense in the South and in economically disadvantaged counties. It’s also more common among older male primary care physicians.