Steuben County is hoping knowledge is power in combating drug overdoses, launching a dashboard with critical information.

Drug experts Drs. Volkow and McLellan set out a road map to reverse the opioid epidemic in 2016. Find out how we're doing now ...

Naloxone displaces the opioid from the brain receptors, which stops the effects of the overdose for sixty to ninety minutes. This allows time for a hospital to intervene.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — The opioid epidemic continues to devastate communities nationwide, claiming thousands of lives each year. With overdose rates reaching record highs, the crisis remains ...

Prescriptions have fallen sharply in the last decade and the current wave of the opioid epidemic is mainly due to illicit fentanyl, not pharmaceutical medicines. Opioids reduce pain by binding to ...

an unintended consequence of efforts to stem America’s opioid epidemic. Communities of color have a 40% to 45% lower distribution of commonly prescribed opioids, compared to majority white ...