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NALOXONE nasal spray from the emergency bag, contain medication used in recovery of Opioid drugs overdose. Nasal medications drugs from overdose kit.
drugs

Majority of Medicaid Managed Care Plans Cover Opioid Overdose Reversal Drug Naloxone

Attendees of SPH and MAPC's heat health symposium view a poster on identifying and engaging heat-vulnerable communities.
research

SPH Partners with MAPC to Host Symposium on Heat Health

alcohol/substance use.

COVID-19

Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Are Driving the Increase in US Excess Mortality—and Adults Without College Degrees Are Bearing Most of the Burden

June 13, 2025
strategic direction

Hospitalized Patients Who Receive Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment Can Substantially Reduce Heavy Drinking

April 21, 2025
A number of people are in the pharmacy, standing in line behind a pregnant woman.
alcohol/substance use

Fewer Than Half of Medicaid Managed Care Plans Provide All FDA-approved Medications for Alcohol Use Disorder

March 14, 2025
All News

Medicaid Expansion Does Not Lead to Overuse of Prescription Opioids

March 12, 2025
At the College House Party: Girl Takes Glass with Drink from the Tray. Diverse Group of Friends Have Fun, Dancing and Socializing. Disco Neon Strobe Lights Illuminating Room.
alcohol

More than Half of College Students Report Alcohol-Related Harms from Others

January 7, 2025
A photo of Makayla Cox, who died of a fentanyl overdose at age 16, is displayed among other portraits on "The Faces of Fentanyl" wall, which displays photos of Americans who died from a fentanyl overdose, at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, on July 13, 2022. - America's opioid crisis has reached catastrophic proportions, with over 80,000 people dying of opioid overdoses last year, most of them due to illicit synthetics such as fentanyl -- more than seven times the number a decade ago. "This is the most dangerous epidemic that weve seen," said Ray Donovan, chief of operations at the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). "Fentanyl is not like any other illicit narcotic, its that deadly instantaneously."
Alumni

One-third of US Adults Know Someone Who Has Died from Drug Overdose

June 6, 2024
Defocused evening street. Lights of city, cars on rainy night. Road in soft focus.
alcohol abuse

Reducing Late-Night Alcohol Sales Curbed Violent Crimes by 23% Per Year in a Baltimore Neighborhood

April 1, 2024
Hands on the back of a woman, people and aa meeting by community in trust, help and empathy for girl with anxiety
alcohol/substance use

Formerly Incarcerated Students Work More Hours, Have More Severe Substance Use Disorder

March 1, 2024
Senior woman holding on handrail for safety in bathroom
alcohol/substance use

Heavy Alcohol, Drug Use Linked to Increased Risk of Falls among People with HIV

February 16, 2024
Rearview of a soldier returning home from the army. He is standing in front of his home with his luggage
strategic direction

Accidental Death Rates among US Soldiers Deployed in Afghanistan/Iraq Wars Differ by Time Since Deployment, Age, and Gender

January 25, 2024

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