One New York Police Chief Is Upending Conventional Drug Enforcement
The police chief of Chatham, New York, has a revolutionary strategy for policing the opioid epidemic.
The police chief of Chatham, New York, has a revolutionary strategy for policing the opioid epidemic.
Here's how states have made it easier for bystanders to administer naloxone to overdose victims.
Advocacy groups have long pushed for making more naloxone available to the public as a way to prevent overdoses. The surgeon general's advisory gives that effort a big boost.
On Wednesday, federal science and policy speakers outlined their plans for combating opioid addiction.
Over 63,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2016.
New research finds presenting them with actual numbers can change their behavior.
Is condemning drug dealers to death really a wise strategy?
The plan's law enforcement strategies have been met with skepticism by some lawmakers.
It seems few corners of America have been spared the ravages of opioid misuse.
Medication-assisted treatment in Rhode Island's prisons is preventing overdose deaths among the recently incarcerated.
Research is beginning to show that cheap strips can accurately detect deadly fentanyl, and encourages people to get high more cautiously.
On the latest episode of Pacific Standard's podcast about how our stories are made, staff writer Francie Diep discusses her experiences covering the opioid epidemic and a promising new treatment program at the University of Kentucky.
Philadelphia has the highest opioid-overdose death rate of any American city.
Trump's apparent plan would result in cutting 95 percent of the Office of National Drug Control Policy's budget.
New research finds a majority of opioids prescriptions came from office-based doctors, not emergency departments.
American medical institutions created the opioid crisis. The VA is showing how the establishment can help make amends.
As the opioid epidemic spins out of control, a grassroots network of activists is fighting it at the source.
Across the country, people are becoming unexpected caregivers of children whose parents have become addicted to opioids. In most states, they're doing it with little to no help at all.
Spanish flu, HIV/AIDS, drug overdoses: Epidemics that affect the young often show up dramatically in the data.
It seems compassion is an effective drug deterrent. Too bad there wasn't any during the crack epidemic.
The new treatment may help overcome some courts' lingering—and dangerous—aversion to medication-assisted treatment.
A new study reports doctors in at least one hospital were prescribing far more pills than patients used.
Buprenorphine has long been considered a gold-standard treatment for addiction to prescription painkillers or heroin.
Remote treatment options make addiction care more accessible, but it's no panacea for the opioid epidemic.