West Palm Beach police are investigating three fatal drug overdoses that occurred hours apart on May 12. Detectives said ...

Opioid deaths are finally declining nationwide and in South Carolina, though Charleston remains high. New technology is ...

Rule changes designed to reduce opioid overdose deaths in British Columbia in 2016 inadvertently harmed cancer and palliative ...

Wall St. Insights While new public health measures have reigned in the opioid crisis, opioids are still rampant in the U.S.

The number of Americans using illicit opioids, including fentanyl, is 20 times higher than previously estimated, according to ...

In an effort to curb misuse of opioids and prevent overdose deaths, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British ...

A New Hampshire doctor pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges he wrote prescriptions for patients to obtain drugs despite the fact they weren’t needed for medical reasons, federal officials said. According ...

W.Va.'s Supreme Court declined to answer a federal court's question in an appeal over whether the distribution of opioids can ...

Criminals are increasingly pressuring doctors and pharmacists to supply prescription painkillers for illegal distribution on ...

In 2023, there were 83 U.S. counties where more opioid prescriptions were filled than there were residents. Most of these communities are in the rural South – areas with high poverty ...

Health experts warn of potential for addiction as users seek out plant-based alternative for pain and withdrawal. Boulder ...

The University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences Interprofessional Education (IPE) Committee recently hosted its ninth ...