University of Mississippi researchers have discovered how a compound found in cannabis might be used to mitigate the negative ...

More New Yorkers received scripts for buprenorphine, a med used to treat opioid addiction, amid fight against record-high ...

Decades of punitive drug policy have not reduced addiction rates. We need harm reduction – but we need it separate from law ...

The New York State health department is underscoring the importance of addiction medication in ending the opioid crisis.

An online-based mindfulness treatment program significantly reduced opioid craving among participants with opioid use disorder results from a randomized clinical trial published in JAMA Network Open ...

Several agencies knowledgeable about opioids and opioid addiction are receiving funds from Butler County’s share of opioid settlement money — splitting $736,490 between six programs. The organization ...

Federal officials on Thursday approved a new type of pain pill designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose ...

Jurors didn't find a drug dealer responsible for the deaths of his customers, but prosecutors urged a judge to send him to ...

When authorities searched Joshua Riley's home in November 2022, they found massive amounts of drugs as well as nearly $19,000 ...

As with climate change, why are we so slow to recognise the existential threat that drug use poses to humanity?

One way to expand rural health care would be to make those waivers permanent. Increasing access to telehealth could also support people struggling with opioid addiction and other substance use ...

Older Black men account for a growing share of Milwaukee drug deaths as fentanyl creeps into cocaine supplies, catching a ...