According to the FCC, the annual opioid overdose death rates are more than six times higher today than they were in 1999.

Lebanon County is expected to receive $3.6 million from a second wave of opioid settlement funds, which officials will use create new programs.

The opioid epidemic has claimed thousands of lives across the nation, and the Reno Orthopedic Clinic is taking steps to address the crisis with a new program ai ...

TUESDAY, Feb. 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- More emergency room doctors in California are prescribing the anti-addiction medication buprenorphine, contributing to the state’s battle against the U.S.

Philadelphia police say progress is happening in the city's Kensington section, but the work is far from done.

With the rise of obesity drugs a pair of Penn State researchers set out to answer a question: could drugs aimed at weight ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers intercepted a total of 257 pounds of opium poppy pods from Madrid at ...

Why are poppy pods illegal? Opium poppy plants naturally contain morphine and codeine, which can be used to make narcotic ...