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

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

The head of an opioid resource program is accused of giving women recovering from addiction gift cards and money in exchange ...

The Volusia County Council has approved $2.6 million in opioid abatement settlement funds to enhance prevention, treatment, emergency response, and recovery services across the community.

Members of the Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma must pay billions of dollars to settle a flood of ...

A bankruptcy court judge has approved the settlement of thousands of lawsuits against Purdue Pharma, maker of the powerful ...

"Purdue was at the very center of the opioid crisis, fueling addictions and overdoses," said New York Attorney General Letitia James in a statement.

The Supreme Court blocked the prior settlement, taking issue with the fact the Sacklers would have gotten immunity from ...

The University of Southern Maine-based center is providing technical support as millions of dollars flow into local ...

More than 600,000 pills containing a powerful synthetic opioid used to tranquilize large animals like elephants were seized ...

Lawrence Arata, the executive director for the Opioid Crisis Response Network in Upper Darby, was charged with 34 criminal ...

North Carolina's second Mobile Opioid Treatment Program is now operating in Greensboro. The North Carolina Department of ...