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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is all about preventing medication misuse and opioid addiction, and many local organizations will be participating.

After briefly approaching overdose deaths as a health problem, the 'war on drugs' appears to be making a comeback.

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A new study led by the University of South Florida reveals opioid control policies may offer broader public health benefits, ...

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Without immediate action, the opioid crisis will become a permanent fixture in our society. Instead of winding down, the opioid epidemic tightened its grip and picked up speed. Open and easy access to ...

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 ...

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The Rhode Island Department of Health is alerting medical professionals to the recent detection of novel synthetic opioids in ...