A congressional subcommittee’s hearing on the use of psychedelic-assisted treatments for mental health disorders that was originally scheduled for Thursday has been postponed, the panel announced after another failed vote to elect a House speaker on Wednesday. It’s not yet clear when the rescheduled event will be. The hearing of the House Veterans Affairs’ Subcommittee […]
In 2021, we saw over 100,000 deaths from drug overdoses. Now, advocates and state leaders are trying to reduce this number by making it easier to get Narcan and fentanyl test strips.
The U.S. relaxed rules around the addiction treatment drug methadone during the pandemic, and researchers now say those changes didn't lead to more overdose deaths.