“This emergency is much bigger than any of us can imagine — mass death on this scale is incomprehensible,” Karen Ward told The Tyee. Ward is a tireless community advocate who tracks how government ...

BILLERICA — Along with needle exchanges and fentanyl test kits, naloxone has been an important part of the harm-reduction tool kit for individuals dealing with substance use disorders. The ...

While the dangers of fentanyl have been dominating headlines for years, the death toll from another class of extremely potent synthetic opioids called “nitazenes” has been climbing steadily. For ...

We are all tragically too familiar with the opioid crisis that continues to grip the nation. What started largely as a problem of over-prescribing and abuse of legitimate opioid-based pain medication ...

Over the last two decades, the drug overdose crisis — driven by opioids — has taken an unimaginable toll on American families and communities. Yet the data suggest progress is being made in combating ...

Over the last two decades, the drug overdose crisis — driven by opioids — has taken an unimaginable toll on American families and communities. Yet the data suggest progress is being made in combating ...