Community collaboration, harm reduction models and policy changes can ease the burden on EMS workers and improve patient outcomes ...

Guest essayist Judge Frank Forchione laments that Stark County opioid deaths have "continued to spiral upward." ...

LICADD has been addressing substance use for nearly 70 years, but that fight is not stopping, nor is it's intensity lessening ...

An historic settlement reached between drugmakers and some states offers those states which were part of the deal a valuable ...

U.S. Senators propose the Alternatives to PAIN Act to increase access to non-opioid pain treatments for seniors.

The opioid epidemic costs the U.S. over $1.5 trillion annually, overloading hospitals, public health systems, and law enforcement.

A new study led by researchers at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute has found that a 2019 Medicare opioid safety ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Oregon has allocated $5.1 million from state opioid crisis settlement funds for harm reduction programs through the Oregon Health Authority, OHA announced Thursday.

The opioid crisis, whilst predominantly associated with the United States, has become a growing global health issue. In the wake of this epidemic, drug developers have been searching tirelessly for ...

It’s based on an opioid called oxycodone – which is stronger than morphine. And, like MS Contin, one of the selling points of Oxycontin is that it’s slow release. This, they say, means the ...

We also talk about the advancement of RFK Jr.’s nomination to be HHS secretary, the latest pharma earnings, and the approval of a non-opioid pain drug from Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Adam ...

Opioid abuse and rural homelessness create a spiral for some rural residents, a new study has found. For the study, ...