For people who study the opioid epidemic, 2025 marks a grim anniversary: It has been 30 years since the Food and Drug ...

Proponents of the plan to equip paramedics with buprenorphine call it the "missing link" in the bridge to recovery for many ...

Being addicted to something can negatively impact your life, and an upcoming documentary has chosen to focus on the point of ...

A dozen agencies in Danbury that provide addiction recovery, housing support and drug abuse prevention services will receive ...

Drug abusers could no longer be referred to as an “addict” in New York State, according to a proposal tucked into Gov. Kathy ...

Larry Clark reveals new photographs from his iconic 1970s series "Tulsa" that paints a haunting portrait of opioid addiction ...

Under a new state pilot, paramedics in Kitsap County will start administering a medication that blunts withdrawals and cravings.

A new study published today in the scientific journal Addiction has found that opioid smoking appears to be associated with lower mortality risk compared with opioid injecting. The authors, however, ...

Since the opioid epidemic was declared an emergency in 2017, it has claimed more than 450,000 lives, but local drug and ...

ALTON According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, abundant evidence shows that medications such as methadone, ...

Texas and 14 other states have secured a $7.4 billion settlement from the Sackler family and their company, Purdue Pharma, for their roles in creating the opioid crisis. Purdue Pharma was the ...

Rahul Gupta reflects on the status of the war on drugs as he steps down as head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy ...