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

Walgreens Boots Alliance will pay more than $300 million as part of an agreement with the Justice Department to settle charges the pharmacy chain helped fuel the opioid crisis by knowingly filling ...

Novel synthetic opioids are primarily combined with fentanyl and other illicit drugs, which makes them even more potent and dangerous to unsuspecting users. The Health Department explained that novel ...

Music can act like a sweet, sweet drug on our brains There's a good chance you've experienced the sensation of a thrill running down your spine when you listen to your favorite song. Listening to your ...

The Rhode Island Department of Health is alerting medical professionals to the recent detection of novel synthetic opioids in the state’s drug supply.

The Delta County Board of Commissioners announced the recipients of its first-ever round of grant funding to combat the opioid epidemic Tuesday, releasing a total of $92,492 of state opioid settlement ...

Officials said Baltimore County's significant decline in overdose deaths is the result of coordinated overdose prevention ...

The National Institute for Standards and Technology’s new harm reduction initiative is helping prevent needless deaths.

More than $12 million in state grants are being distributed across Oklahoma to help communities combat the ongoing opioid epidemic. One of the recipients is Rogers County and the City of Claremore, ...

A powerful stimulant that keeps users sleepless for days and can ignite psychosis and violence has been rattling Portland and ...

This crisis doesn’t discriminate. It affects working parents, young people and seniors — many of whom end up dependent ...