opioids

In July, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced its intent to make 7-OH — a potent synthetic opioid — a schedule 1 drug. In other words, 7-OH would be classified as an illegal, addictive substance with no medical use.

Dr. Doug Burgess the medical director of Addiction Services at University Health in Kansas City and teaches psychiatry at UMKC. He spoke about how he got into the field of addiction psychiatry and about some of the misconceptions people — including himself at one point — have about those with substance use disorders.

Multiple state agencies put out a warning this week about a concerning new opioid that’s becoming more prevalent in the state.

Contracts are in place for a project that will test the wastewater of public schools in Missouri for signs of fentanyl and other drug use.

Jamie Morton is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Iowa and a former nurse. She led a study that found stigma can impact health outcomes of opioid-dependent moms.

A study conducted by researchers at the University of Missouri and the University of Iowa found that stigma can play a part the health behaviors of mothers who use opioids.

Several Missouri communities were recently awarded grant funds from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to address opioid overdoses and neonatal abstinence syndrome in rural communities.

Missouri's third-largest county has filed a lawsuit against pharmaceutical manufacturers and drug distributors, accusing them of causing the drug epidemic…

Missouri prison officials are working to stem the flow of contraband after multiple overdoses, including a few that were deadly.The Missouri Department of…

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