A new procedure for treating pain at Mercy Hospital Washington is helping reduce the number of patients relying on opioids ...

Instead of winding down, the opioid epidemic tightened its grip and picked up speed. Open and easy access to this terrifyingly addictive drug makes opioids practically commonplace in American medicine ...

Transcending jurisdictional and party lines, elected officials from Spokane County and the city of Spokane met Friday for an ...

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

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.

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

Washington exported $12 billion worth of goods to China in 2024, according to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. That represented 21% of the state's global goods exports. China was the state ...

Attorneys general have accused Mylan of “deceptively” claiming that consumers are less likely to abuse their products.

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

According to the brain opioid theory of stable euphoric creativity (BOTSEC), this subtly pleasurable state likely involves the same homemade neuropeptides that are critical to pain relief and ...

Researchers with the VA say veterans in rural communities are prescribed “dramatically” more opioids to treat chronic pain than those in more urban areas. This study found that veterans living ...

“If you are a Black person and have an opioid use disorder, you are likely to receive treatment ... Edwin Chapman, who runs an addiction clinic in Washington, D.C., said he must overcome many ...