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

The unprecedented increase in drug overdose deaths in the U.S., long believed to be driven by access to legal and illegal ...

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

The new settlement deal could net Pennsylvania and Delaware as much as $212 million and $27 million, respectively, in payouts.

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

The Florida Attorney General’s Office says the settlement will help fund opioid addiction treatment, prevention and recovery ...

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 ...

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

President Trump rescinded an executive order that prompted the creation of three Medicare drug-pricing experiments ...

Since the opioid epidemic was declared an emergency in 2017, it has claimed more than 450,000 lives, but local drug and alcohol specialists are working to fight the crisis daily. The ...