New restrictions meant to cut down on the flow of illegal opioids are leaving some patients without access to medication they ...

A 35-year-old Washington man will plead guilty to charges that he tried to sell more than 4,000 fentanyl pills on Hawaii ...

SAMHSA’s work is crucial to suicide and drug overdose prevention and mental health care. It may fall victim to changes to public health infrastructure.

Last week, the Trump administration released a five-step plan to address the country’s opioid addiction crisis. The administration’s new drug czar’s plan focuses largely on attempts to ...

Pharmaceutical companies accused of fueling the nation's opioid crisis are paying state and local governments billions of ...

A local man caught three times with “dealer quantities” of fentanyl has been indicted on federal charges. “In one encounter, ...

Quick administration of naloxone – also known as Narcan – by a first responder, loved one or bystander can revive an opioid user who has overdosed. If administered in time, naloxone is effective in ...

UF scientists have developed a compound that safely activates delta opioid receptors, offering pain relief without ...