Addiction

Those struggling with nonmedical opioid use and their families often face stigmatization. Researchers at Utah State University are working to understand how family members cope with stigma, to better inform practitioners on how to support them.

Utah residents are facing a housing shortage in virtually every community and a segment of our population struggles with housing insecurity on a regular…

Mindy Vincent started Utah’s first syringe exchange program in 2016. That was right after the state legalized it. “People were appalled,” said Vincent,…

Doctors are prescribing the synthetic opioid drug fentanyl less than ever before, and yet the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Drug…

The Tribal and Rural Opioid Initiative was launched by Utah State University Extension in 2018 in an effort to provide effective resources to address…

A tragedy unfolds in Logan after the disappearance of a 5-year-old girl. With needle exchanges legal, some local health advocates think it’s time for…

Our world often seems to be really divided, particularly across cultures in which everyone seems to play by different rules. But today we're going to hear…

The Utah-based health care provider Intermountain Healthcare announced last week that they plan to reduce opioid prescription by 40 percent by the end of…

Utah County has agreed to free up 128 beds for Salt Lake County inmates, a decision that state, Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County officials hope will…

A personal finance website has released a report on states and gambling addiction. The report released by personal finance website WalletHub ranked…