Lawton installs a Naloxone vending machine to combat opioid overdoses, offering free, easy access to the lifesaving drug.

Data shows New Jersey recorded 2,816 overdose deaths in 2023. That’s about an 11 percent decline from the prior year, with ...

More than $1.86 million in opioid settlement funds will be distributed to six community-based organizations in Pima County to ...

Researchers at USF Health have discovered a new way opioid receptors can work that may lead to safer pain medications. Their findings show that certain experimental compounds can amplify pain relief ...

Two families, from this little half a pill,” says Andrea Thomas, Romero’s mother, sadly musing on the devastation. Recently ...

Opioids: In the last 20 years, they've spread through every corner of the country. Every town — almost every person — has been impacted by these drugs in one way or another. Still, confusion and ...

The Marshall County Commission is using funds from the statewide opioid lawsuit settlement to address the opioid crisis's ...

Pregnant women who reported opioid use disorder were more likely to face serious health complications, as were their children ...

A new study suggests that falling involvement in organized religion among middle-aged white Americans with less education may have contributed to the rise in what are known as “deaths of despair.” ...

Clay County Community Paramedicine is hosting a free event at Middleburg-Clay Hill Library to provide Narcan and CPR/AED ...

Director David Yates and producer Lawrence Grey say the film holds pharmaceutical companies accountable for the opioid crisis. There’s a highly potent opioid on the market that you’ve likely never ...

First responders in Pa. can now access vital data faster, thanks to new legislation. Discover how this is shaping overdose ...