Stateline reports opioid overdose deaths have declined nearly 50% since 2023, driven by weaker fentanyl and increased ...

Far fewer people are using opioids than a decade ago, surveys indicate, and substance use experts and former opioid users say ...

The wastewater at four Ozarks-area schools tested positive for having nitazenes, a potent synthetic opioid, state departments ...

Drug overdoses remain one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. Researchers have designed a new type of vaccine that blocks the dangerous effects of oxycodone and fentanyl.

The opioid crisis has resulted in over 700,000 overdose deaths since its beginning, and in response, pharmaceutical companies ...

More good news in the battle against opioid addiction. Scientists have reopened research into a class of opioids that were ...

According to the Center for Disease Control, West Virginia recorded an estimated 2042 opioid overdose deaths from October ...

The posterboards, representing 11 initiatives, also represent more than $18 million worth of active and planned investments ...

A synthetic opioid, cychlorphine, has emerged in the Midwest, raising concerns for first responders. It is 10 times more ...

Naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan, is one of the most important drugs in the United States' fight against the opioid crisis. It reverses an opioid overdose nearly instantly, restarting ...

The clinics that control methadone are driving people out of treatment and back to a toxic supply of street drugs.

Michigan communities have received millions from a national opioid settlement, but some haven't spent any funds yet.