Treatment for opioid addiction with medications is considered the first step in recovery from this life-threatening illness.

The drug supply is always changing. Fentanyl continues to dominate, but there are other concerning substances in the mix that ...

Despite Indian Country bearing some of the highest fatality rates of the overdose crisis, there is a woefully insufficient ...

By learning the lessons of previous successes, increasing access to treatment, supporting those in recovery, and ...

1 Department of Pediatrics, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China 2 Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China The final, formatted ...

WATERLOO — A Waterloo woman has pleaded to drug charges in connection with a 2023 overdose death. Bridgette Marie Washington, 46, pleaded to one count of distribution of fentanyl resulting in death ...

The use of the herbal supplement kratom is growing, and so are reports of serious side effects. Here's what you must know ...

Prescription digital therapeutics (PDTs) are FDA-regulated tools that deliver evidence-based interventions via software, and ...

The towns of Andover and North Andover are partnering on a community survey of residents how they feel opioid settlement funds would best serve their communities. Both towns are receiving the funds as ...

New York Attorney General Letitia James has stopped a pharmaceutical company from illegally marketing an unauthorized opioid overdose drug to public agencies across the state. The company, Indivior, ...

It's no secret Baltimore -- Maryland as a whole -- has an opioid problem. In the latest effort to prevent overdoses, faith leaders and other organizations gathered for a community forum in South ...

Native American communities that had long wanted the removal of military honors for the soldiers involved in the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre had their hopes dashed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in ...