Overdoses on opioid drugs—including heroin, prescription painkillers, and certain street drugs—were the top cause of unintentional, preventable deaths in the United States in 2017.
Five groups successfully fighting addiction in Newark, Ohio, that could serve as a model for others around the country.
The opioids are here, and meth is resurgent. When it's easier than ever to rationalize the first hit, and the options are limitless, even a community-wide effort might not be enough to stop the overdoses.
New research points to a possible precursor to America's suicide and opioid epidemics.
New research suggests that sexual minorities are particularly vulnerable to dependency on these drugs.
Gubernatorial races in states across the country could determine whether supervised injection sites—controversial clinics where people can safely inject drugs—will open in several U.S. cities and states where they're under consideration.
The Food and Drug Administration is approving a powerful new opioid painkiller, the agency announced Friday.
The declaration was met with a lot of fanfare, but officials did little with the legal powers it gave them, experts say.
Colorado sues an opioid manufacturer, the ACLU says the government suppressed pipeline protests, and India lets go of an outmoded gay sex ban.
Scientists test a non-addictive painkiller, the Trump administration takes another swing at affirmative action, and something fishy's going on off the Normandy coast.
Under the opioid panic, patients suffering from chronic pain can find themselves unable to speak openly with their doctors.
Officials hope to curb overdoses that they think are caused by the overprescription of opioid painkillers to chronic pain patients.
Twenty-six other states have already sued the company.
The legislative package consists of more than 50 bills, with provisions including increased access to treatment and a push for the development of non-addictive painkillers.
The ads capture attention and may help spread awareness. But will they change how anyone acts?
In wooing a doctor, even a single meal makes a difference.
New research finds a link between adolescent adversity and later-in-life pain.
Thirty California counties—home to more than 10 million people—are suing drug companies that manufacture and market opioid painkillers.
Farmers in Colombia have been ramping up their coca planting and now seem ready to produce cocaine in unprecedented amounts, according to the DEA.
Following a record-setting year for opioid-related deaths in New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday night that the city will open safe injection sites for drug users, BuzzFeed News reports.
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.