Having a marijuana dispensary in your town probably means fewer neighbors will be prescribed highly-addictive opioid pain ...

Wednesday's mistrial motion, filed by Walmart, Walgreens and CVS, cites the extraordinary length of jury deliberations and ...

Smaller, cause-specific opioid prescriptions after emergency department visits for acute pain could provide adequate pain management and reduce the risk of misuse of unused opioid pills, according to ...

Purdue Pharma recently reached a $7.4 billion settlement with all 50 states and the District of Columbia over its alleged role in fueling the opioid crisis through aggressive marketing of OxyContin.

Women who use opioids for childbirth have an increased odds of continued use postpartum, underscoring the need for better ...

An expert with the Louisiana Opioid Surveillance Program says that the decrease in deaths coincides with an increase in ...

Overdose deaths continue to impact Mecklenburg County residents. Over the past six years, with the exception of last year, ...

Over the past six years, overdose deaths among Black and Hispanic residents have risen sharply. So has the number of trips to ...

KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona county had more opioid prescriptions than people in 2016, an analysis of federal data by The Arizona Republic has found . Mohave County had 127.5 opioid prescriptions ...

The widow of Tyler Skaggs, faced with evidence of her husband’s illicit drug use, again denied knowing about his opioid habit ...