Blog Category: Opioids

If you or someone you love is struggling with opioid addiction, having Naloxone on hand and knowing how to administer it can save lives. We've compiled some helpful tools for and guides that may help save the life of someone you care about.

Watch three videos on various aspects of opioid abuse prevention: what is meant by 'prevention,' the role genetics can play in predisposing people toward addiction, and how our communities influence or intervene on early choices.

See highly-technical and animated 3D renderings of how the body processes pain signals, and how the signals are blocked by opioids and other drugs of abuse.

Understand how, when, and where drugs of abuse affect the brain. Professor Mark Gold, MD, winner of ASAM's Annual Lifetime Achievement Award, takes learners on an augmented reality tour of the brain and how it responds to opioids and other commonly abused drugs.

Understand how, when, and where drugs of abuse affect the brain. Professor Mark Gold, MD, winner of ASAM's Annual Lifetime Achievement Award, takes learners on an augmented reality tour of the brain and how it responds to opioids and other commonly abused drugs.

Increasing access to naloxone is essential to reducing overdose mortality. Strategies for increasing access must be thoughtfully developed and deployed to ensure that naloxone is available to any at-risk individual—whether that be an individual with chronic pain or someone with …