Kratom, a plant from Southeast Asia, has been a subject of controversy in the United States since its introduction after the ...

The Hawaii Department of Health has launched online dashboards to track the millions of dollars the state expects to receive from national opioid lawsuit settlements. Under a master settlement ...

Researchers at University of the Pacific in Stockton have developed a long-acting opioid overdose-reversal drug-delivery system that could save lives.

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

To date Mesa received $4.5 million in One Arizona settlement funds. The city will give $1 million to nonprofits working to ...

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

It's the first new pharmaceutical approach to treating pain in over 20 years, designed to eliminate risks of addiction and ...

U.S. officials have approved a new type of pain drug designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated ...

Months later, it's clear that the country music star's visit to Chesterfield County jail’s HARP program left a lasting impact ...

Purdue sought bankruptcy protection in 2019 as it faced thousands of lawsuits over the opioid crisis. Among the claims are that the company targeted doctors with a message that the addiction risk to ...

GLP-1 medications associated with lower risks of Alzheimer's and heart disease, but higher risks of pancreatitis and kidney ...

While she technically faced potential prison time, it was never likely in light of a consensus between federal prosecutors and her defense attorney Adam Gasner that drug addiction, rather than ...