The number of opioid-related deaths with concurrent gastrointestinal complications in the United States more than tripled ...

Illegal opioids can create substantial harms, but the extent of those harms depends on multiple factors, including the amount ...

Unlike with opioids, there is no medication to suppress cravings for meth and other stimulants. As use soars, hundreds of clinics are trying a radically different approach.

Kansas will receive about $5.7 million as part of a $720 million nationwide opioid settlement with eight drug companies accused of fueling the opioid crisis through illegal marketing practices.

In Washington, a former addict voices concerns over a proposed program that hands out fentanyl and heroin, emphasizing the ...

Kentucky shot itself in the foot by passing up a chance to pioneer ibogaine as a promising opioid treatment — an opportunity ...

Montgomery County officials are working with a fledgling counseling service to battle opioid addiction in the region.

For starters, they should use Purdue Pharma’s billions to make Narcan universally accessible. State and local governments are ...

"Some people they be fighting the process. For one, they being traumatized while they out here on Earth," he said. “We have ...

Thursday's mass overdose incident was a stark reminder that despite ongoing efforts, the opioid crisis is still ongoing in ...

The criminal justice system has been the federal government's main avenue for tackling drug addiction since President Richard Nixon effectively launched the "War on Drugs" in 1971. But drug overdose ...

A Canadian study finds that as fentanyl use began increasing in 2014, opioid agonist treatment duration with methadone or ...