The Omaha Fire Department says lately, their medics are having to administer higher doses of the medicine because of how potent street drugs are. "It's a problem that's becoming harder and harder to ...

Health professionals who work closely with people in recovery say opioids are ruining lives in Delta County and hope this grant cycle helps turn that around.

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South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley highlights one illegal substance in particular when discussing marijuana laced ...

For the first time since 2018, the number of drug overdose deaths nationwide has decreased, and Virginia is also seeing the decline.

Utilizing the company's electronic bookkeeping system, Haptonstall would assign the same number to a fraudulent check payable to herself and a legitimate check payable to one of the company's vendors, ...

Deborah MacDonald’s son Brodie, 28, was “one of the most loving people” and a “creative soul.” He made beautiful music and ...

Capital Area Human Services highlights the dangers of using opioids for sports injuries, advocating for safer recovery ...

For patients with psychiatric conditions from addiction to mood disorders such as depression, disrupted sleep can often ...

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New research links emergency department opioid prescriptions to small increases in future opioid use and hospitalisations ...

Sam’s research uncovers an intricate network where the inputs to make synthetic opioids like fentanyl move from China to Vancouver, where they are processed and released as a plague over all of North ...