NIH/NIDA Study Finds Decline in Buprenorphine Misuse Among Adults with Opioid Use Disorder

NIH/NIDA Study Finds Decline in Buprenorphine Misuse Among Adults with Opioid Use Disorder

Given the recent unprecedented spike in U.S. drug-related fatalities—statistics show in 2020 over 93,000 people died because of drug overdoses, with 75% of those deaths involving an opioid—a study by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA, part of the National Institutes of Health/NIH), published by the Journal of the American Medical Association Open Network…