A class of synthetic drugs called nitazines have been around since the 1950s - but are quickly gaining a foothold in street ...

Opioids are still widely prescribed, but have limited effectiveness and are associated with serious harms. De-prescribing ...

Nitazene was first developed in the 1950s as an analgesic, but was never approved for medical use. Instead, it was “limited to those researching opioid pharmacology,” said Rolling Stone. Nitazene’s ...

We can’t solve what we can’t measure, so let’s use opioid abatement funds to help. Comprehensive toxicology would let us ...

America’s overdose crisis isn’t the simple story we’ve been told for years. A new investigation reveals how two key graphs — ...

A US study of more than a million Medicaid enrollees newly diagnosed with opioid use disorder (OUD), finds most—nearly seven ...

Earlier this year, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first new kind of painkiller in 20 years. It's considered an alternative to opioids. But it's expensive, and not everyone has access to ...

The Democrats weakened the borders, allowing Mexican drug cartels to smuggle fentanyl into the United States, where it ...

The state health department has opened a new mobile opioid treatment unit in Greensboro — the second of its kind in North ...

Some doctors are prescribing weight-loss drugs such as Zepbound and Ozempic to help reduce cravings for illicit drugs and ...

State Attorney General Letitia James' office alleged that Virginia-based Indivior had engaged in deceptive marketing, convincing Broome County sheriffs to buy 300 units of its unauthorized opioid ...

There is a black market for buprenorphin, an approved drug for opioid addiction. This is a Kaiser Health News story. Months in prison didn’t rid Daryl of his addiction to opioids. “Before I left the ...