Overdose prevention specialist speaks to UA students
"Understand that you are a person who is using drugs and I'm trying to keep you safe."
Some pushing for wider distribution of opioid-overdose antidote
With hundreds of overdoses so far this year, law enforcement and health workers are using naloxone to save lives.
Push to decriminalize clean needle exchanges in Arizona back in legislature
A discussion with Arizona Republic health reporter Stephanie Innes.
Diversion programs aimed at lowering drug-related incarcerations in Pima County
The county attorney's office says its approach is unique in Arizona.
How green light might help pain sufferers wary of opioid addiction
A UA scientist is researching how the color green can be used to help manage chronic pain.
Novel or familiar: A conversation about drug addiction and the brain
Researchers are seeking a better understanding of compulsive behavior on a cellular level.
Arizona Spotlight Special: Arizona Addicted
Tearing down the stigma that surrounds opioid addiction with stories from Arizonans who have lived the experience, and found the road to recovery.
Scientist exploring how intermittent fasting might prevent addiction
If fasting has the same effect on humans as it does on mice, John Streicher says it could be a way to help prevent opioid addiction.
Opioid treatment options lacking in rural Arizona
A discussion with AZPM reporter Jake Steinberg.
Pascua Yaqui clinic working to treat opioid addiction, overcome stigma
The clinic is the state's only medication-assisted treatment facility on tribal land.
Miles from Recovery: How distance and stigma keep rural Arizonans from opioid treatment
As treatment options expand, solutions remain elusive for some.
What Arizona’s opioid prescription guidelines mean for physicians
An expert says old prescribing habits are hard to change, but that there has been a noticeable shift.
Thousands of calls placed to Arizona’s opioid help hotline
Officials say the line has helped thousands since its launch and has also saved lives.
Treating chronic pain without an opioid prescription
A look at emerging options for patients.
Tackling opioid addiction with treatment, not arrest
Police in Southern Arizona are embracing programs to help people break the cycle of addiction without resorting to the criminal justice system.
