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

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

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

Purdue Pharma and the Sackler families agreed Thursday to increase their financial contribution to $7.4 billion to resolve mass opioid litigation.

Passing the Alternatives to PAIN Act would be an excellent way for Trump to uphold his promise to “Make America Healthy Again ...

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

The deal comes after the Supreme Court blocked a controversial bankruptcy plan for Purdue that shielded Sackler family ...

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 ...

President Trump rescinded an executive order that prompted the creation of three Medicare drug-pricing experiments ...

Walgreens' senior managers ignored staff concerns and urged them to keep working with "pill mill" doctors over-prescribing opioid drugs, emails uncovered by the Justice Department and included in ...

Purdue Pharma and its Sackler family owners have reached a new $7.4 billion settlement to resolve thousands of lawsuits ...

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