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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) held a roundtable discussion with community leaders to discuss ways Congress and others can continue to address the ongoing drug crisis in Ohio and all around the United States

Rite Aid settles with counties in Georgia, Ohio and North Carolina. Deal comes ahead of bellwether trials.

An Ohio State researcher discusses a new medical center education program for navigating addiction risk in pain patients.

Central sensitization may be an important underlying factor that complicates the treatment of chronic pain and opioid use disorders, researchers wrote in PAIN Reports.

This first-of-its-kind study by researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine and University of Michigan Medical School explored one potential mechanism – central sensitization – among individuals with OUD.

Gretchen McNally PhD, ANP-BC, AOCNP, discusses the potential impact advanced practice providers and nurses could have in the opioid pandemic if the correct educational opportunities were available.

Survey findings raise new concern about access to reproductive health care, including abortion

What You Need To Know: Rep. Mike Turner announced details of the Mainstream Addiction and Treatment Act. It's a bill that would allow practitioners to prescribe Buprenorphine without a waiver from the Drug Enforcement Administration. Buprenorphine is a prescription drug that helps treat pain and addiction to opioids. The bill has been passed by the House of Representatives and waiting to be voted on by the Senate