A House committee report said Beijing was fueling the fentanyl crisis in the U.S. by subsidizing the manufacturing of materials used by traffickers to make the drug outside the country.

Northern Light Addiction Care at Acadia Hospital in Bangor held a moment of silence Thursday. It was to honor those lost to ...

Police believe the drugs were actually synthetic opioids, which can be incredibly dangerous - the UK issued a ban on them ...

A state board that oversees more than $2.5 billion in opioid settlement funds sent a letter criticizing the office that oversees their allocation for refusing to spend money on the city’s supervised ...

Researchers have wondered if ultraprocessed foods — especially those high in fat and sugar — cause a similarly outsized dopamine response, suggesting they could be addictive in the same way as drugs.

The proposal, House Bill 1910, does not provide for funding from the state, but it stipulates the opioid antagonists may be ...

According to the latest figures, deaths involving synthetic opioids, like fentanyl analogs, also decreased by 9.5% in 2023, ...

Positive data from a pair of acute pain studies convinced the company that its drug, which works differently than existing ...

Drug manufacturers and distributors were accused of misrepresenting prescription opioids, improperly handling some orders, or filling scripts for dubious medical purposes. Per the settlement, they ...

The industrial chemical we found is called BTMPS, which is the common abbreviation for bis (2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl) sebacate. BTMPS belongs to a class of molecules called hindered amine light ...

Fentanyl-related deaths rose dramatically in Shasta County and they continue, leaving a trail of tragic stories.

Emergency crews in Waterville are seeing an uptick in the number of people overdosing on opioids this winter, both on the streets and at the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter. First responders and homeless ...