Just 25% of people battling opioid use disorder are getting medications aimed at helping them quit and potentially avoid an overdose, new data shows. Boosting access to proper treatment might save countless lives. “In 2022, 81,806 opioid-involved overdose deaths were reported in the United States, more than in any previous year,” noted a team led by Deborah Dowell, chief medical officer at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Overdose Prevention. Dowell and her colleagues looked at data collected for 2022 as part of the National Survey Read More