As opioid pain medications continue being prescribed for chronic and severe pain, understanding their risks becomes ...

Purdue Pharma said on Friday it needs more time to build support for a new $7.4 billion settlement that could complete the ...

The Justice Department has filed a civil lawsuit against Walgreens, accusing the 124-year-old pharmacy chain of dispensing ...

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

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

Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a civil complaint against Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) and its ...

A father and son were arrested after detectives confiscated a stockpile of drugs and several firearms in Provo, the Utah ...

The long quest for powerful non-opioid drugs that treat pain without risk of addiction is nearing a milestone, in the form of a pill that could soon win approval from the Food and Drug Administration.

The City of Huntington and Cabell County will have another day in court Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, regarding an opioid ...

The government says Walgreens pressured pharmacists to fill opioid prescriptions without taking time to verify their legitimacy, allowing the powerful painkilling pills to illegally flow out of ...

For individuals reporting cannabis use, the odds of opioid misuse are reduced among individuals in states with medical cannabis legalization.