The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued new guidelines that urge doctors to first try non-opioid therapies for pain treatment before prescribing opioids, The New York Times reports.

Combined opioid and stimulant deaths among Black Americans increased at more than three times the rate of those among non-Hispanic white Americans between 2007 and 2019, according to a new study.

An earlier and broader approach to substance use prevention is needed, according to a new report from Partnership to End Addiction.

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