A unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit revived a suit against certain pharmaceutical distributors brought under ...

The Wisconsin State Senate passed two bills Nov. 11–the Assembly Bill 308 ,which will prohibit any public money from going ...

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma's efforts to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids is on the verge of approval. It will require members of the Sackler family who own the company to ...

Florida in 2023 prohibited the sale of kratom, a plant whose botanical name is “mitragyna speciosa,” to people under age 21.

Trump on his most recent jaunt through Asia met with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss the trade war he started. One of his negotiations was to lower tariffs by 10% in return for China cracking ...

The Assessment for the Appropriate Use of Opioids in Long Term Care demonstrated evidence of validity but still requires future testing with a larger, heterogeneous sample to further corroborate its ...

This is an open letter to doctors and dentists. October is substance abuse prevention month and we are a group of students from many schools in Erie County who are concerned about our friends and ...

At its regular meeting on Monday, Sept. 22, the Berkeley County Council approved $707,968.64 in opioid recovery funding to be distributed to local organizations and agencies assisting in the fight ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville first responders are seeing fewer overdose 911 calls, but advocates advise that people should still remain cautious. The Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department has been ...

Opioid and fentanyl addiction has become a crisis that touches families in every corner of Georgia. According to the CDC, more than 650,000 Americans have died from opioid overdoses in the past 20 ...

FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2018, file photo, Leah Hill, a behavioral health fellow with the Baltimore City Health Department, displays a sample of Narcan nasal spray in Baltimore. The overdose-reversal ...

In 2019, seven county correctional facilities (jails) in Massachusetts initiated pilot programs to provide all Food and Drug Administration–approved medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD). This ...