8th January 2025

Reflecting on NIDA’s 50th year and looking to 2025

National Institute of Drug Addiction director Dr. Nora Volkow offers some of the latest updates around opioid crisis.

In 2023, only 14.6% of people with a Substance Use Disorder received treatment, and only 18% of people with an opioid use disorder (OUD) received medication. OUD medications reduced fatal overdoses in prisons and jails by 32%. Access to buprenorphine reduced recidivism by 32%. Fatal overdoses dropped while overdoses continued to rise among minority groups.

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