The combination of prescribed central nervous system stimulants, such as drugs that relieve ADHD symptoms, with prescribed ...

The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with the Standard-Examiner.  The ...

The combination of prescribed central nervous system stimulants, such as drugs that relieve ADHD symptoms, with prescribed opioid medications is associated with a pattern of escalating opioid intake, ...

Preparation of a dose of Buprenorphine, an opioid that can be administered to people with opioid-use disorder to blunt ...

A drug called buprenorphine may be the best tool doctors have to fight the fentanyl crisis. Why hasn’t it been more widely ...

Publicis Groupe SA agreed Thursday to pay $350 million to settle claims it helped OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma fuel the opioids epidemic in the United States. Oregon officials declared a 90-day ...

America’s opioid crisis is showing signs of subsiding, a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prev ...

Colorado lawmakers revisit fentanyl crisis with new legislation, debating felony penalties for possession and addressing the opioid epidemic's impact on the community.

Community collaboration, harm reduction models and policy changes can ease the burden on EMS workers and improve patient ...

The opioid epidemic costs the U.S. over $1.5 trillion annually, overloading hospitals, public health systems, and law ...

Guest essayist Judge Frank Forchione laments that Stark County opioid deaths have "continued to spiral upward." ...