From R&B concerts in New Jersey to a 1950s sock hop in Connecticut, new data shows wide variation in how governments are ...

In Douglas County, a groundbreaking campaign is taking shape, where teens are at the forefront of battling opioid misuse.

Opioids are a class of drug that is either derived from the opium poppy plant or is made in a lab to mimic the poppy plant. They directly affect the brain and spinal cord and provide pain relief and ...

A class of synthetic drugs called nitazines have been around since the 1950s - but are quickly gaining a foothold in street ...

OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma won court approval for an opioid-related settlement plan to pay approximately $7.4 ...

Under the plan, the company will dissolve and its owners, members of the Sackler family, will pay as much as $7 billion of ...

Hundreds of people are on a waitlist for opioid addiction treatment in Los Angeles County jails as the state presses the ...

A federal bankruptcy court judge on Friday said he will approve OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma’s latest deal to settle ...

The company that makes OxyContin, members of the Sackler family who own it and many groups that sued over its role in the ...

In the early afternoon of Wednesday, Sept. 17, emergency rooms in Charleston, West Virginia, began experiencing an influx of ...

Kratom is often marketed as a natural remedy—but that doesn’t mean it’s safe. While some people use it for pain relief or to manage opioid withdrawal, medical experts at University of Utah Health warn ...

Patients with rheumatic diseases less frequently receive medications to treat OUD, compared with general population estimates.