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

“The opioids, Carfentanil and fentanyl, they actually cause what’s called respiratory depression,” Bagdasarian said. “They ...

However, the state's public health department warns more money and resources are needed to tackle the ongoing problem of substance use. Massachusetts had more than 700 fewer opioid-related ...

A pilot program initially designed to get immediate after-care help lined up for people who land in UC San Diego Health’s ...

Prescription opioid abuse and its downstream effects have reached epidemic proportions in the United States. On May 26, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) moved a step closer to providing help to ...

Oregon will receive $10.1 million for drug prevention and treatment services as part of a nationwide settlement with eight ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WBKO) - Today, Attorney General Russell Coleman announced that his office had secured $14.4 million in ...

More than ten years after the closing of the Long Island Bridge, and twenty years into a national opioid crisis, a top official in Boston has declared the city’s efforts to resolve the drug-use ...

Idaho Attorney General Raùl Labrador announced a settlement with companies he says worsened the nation’s opioid crisis.

The Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced Thursday about $720 million in nationwide settlements with eight drug ...

Nearly $39 million from settlements with eight drug companies will start flowing to the state’s fund as early as next year, adding to the existing pot of more than $3 billion to support opioid ...

Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced Thursday approximately $720 million nationwide in settlements with eight drug makers ...