Prescriptions to prevent cravings and withdrawal symptoms see growth, but remain a fraction of opioid prescription counts.

National pharmaceutical retailer Walgreens has agreed to pay at least $300 million to settle allegations it illegally ...

A federal jury convicted Dr. Charise Valentine, 69, of Southfield, of conspiracy to distribute prescription opioids, ...

Between 2019 and 2023, overdose deaths increased by 61% among Black people and by 17% among Hispanic people in the city.

At the conclusion of a trial in federal court, a jury convicted Southfield resident Charise Valentine, 69, of conspiracy to ...

From 2019 to 2021, opioid prescribing by US physicians in EDs declined, but it increased among PAs and nurses.

There are many available harm reduction strategies, including needle exchange and clean IV using kits, naloxone sprays to reverse an overdose, and fentanyl test strips to detect contaminated samples ...

Maricopa County jail increases safety measures, including body scanners, after a K9 named Max suffered a suspected fentanyl ...

Applications are open for round 3 of grant funding under the Delaware Prescription Opioid Settlement Distribution Commission.

Opioids, antidepressants, and some NSAIDs increase the risk of constipation. Find out which ones do and what helps bowel ...

Prison advocates worry that thousands of false positive drug test results have tainted the parole decisions for some California inmates.

DEA officials say drug-related overdoses remains the leading cause of deaths among Americans ages 18-44 in the U.S.