The history of the organization on the Kenai Peninsula spans more than 40 years of service. In 1975 we first became incorporated as "Cook Inlet Council on Alcoholism" which was our focus at that time. Then in 1983 we changed the name to the now curre...
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb this week called on Internet service providers and social media companies to more caref...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will host a public meeting April 17 on patient-focused drug development for opioid use disorder (OUD), in colla...
Middle schools and high schools are struggling to cope with a sudden increase in students using easily concealed vaping devices called Juul, which res...
Public health officials say the nerve pain medication gabapentin is being found in an increasing number of overdose deaths, according to CBS News. Gab...
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams released a public health advisory Thursday urging more Americans to carry the opioid overdose antidote naloxone, NPR...
In April 2018, NIH launched the HEAL (Helping to End Addiction Long-term) Initiative, an aggressive, trans-agency effort to speed scientific solutions...
Opioid overdoses are clustered in poor areas with few job opportunities, according to a new study. Researchers found the opioid overdose death rate va...
National Prevention Week is an annual health observance dedicated to increasing public awareness of, and action around, substance abuse and mental hea...
Between 25 and 45 percent of deaths by overdose may be suicides, according to the immediate past president of the American Psychiatric Association. Dr...
A growing number of drug overdose deaths are due to cocaine laced with fentanyl, NPR reports. According to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), ...