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

We’re headed into the Somerset County Jail. Madison, Maine. So this is the entrance. This is for weapons clearing only. In ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, when fentanyl overdoses surged, doctors were desperate to find ways of helping their patients.

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

Texas and 14 other states have secured a $7.4 billion settlement from the Sackler family and their company, Purdue Pharma, ...

Are dropping fentanyl-related death rates concealing other issues in the fight against this brutal form of addiction?

The latest settlement is meant to address a drug addiction crisis that has led to over 700,000 opioid overdose deaths in the United States over the past two decades. Purdue said Thursday that it ...

The program's expansion is being funded by money Orange County received through national legal settlements with opioid ...

A new "powerful tool" for combatting opioid deaths isn't settled science. For that reason, the state is taking a measured ...

Whatcom County Health and Community Services has partnered with the Swinomish tribe’s didgʷálič Wellness Center to bring a ...

Sean Hanchett died in custody in December 2022, and did not receive adequate medical attention, the suit alleged.