opioid abuse

Overdose victims require multiple doses of Naloxone due to strength of nitazene opioids.

Overdoses from tianeptine—also known as "gas station heroin"—are on the rise as the FDA calls for a crackdown.

Commentary Canadian harm reduction activists believe that “safer supply” can reduce overdoses and deaths by providing addicts with ...

The AvertD test uses a cheek swab to identify markers of potential opioid addiction.

Warnings issued after large quantities of highly addictive synthetic drugs called nitazenes were seized in a police raid ...

The Quebec government intends to table a bill in the coming days to enable it to join a ...

The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC) is encouraging Australia's healthcare professionals to reconsider ...

ALISO VIEJO, Calif.—The Aliso Viejo City Council unanimously approved to opt into a $26 billion settlement agreement with ...

CLEVELAND—A lawyer for two Ohio counties told a federal jury on Monday at the start of a closely ...

The three largest U.S. drug distributors will pay more than $75 million to resolve claims they fueled an ...

More than five Australians died from drugs overdoses every day in 2019, says a new report by the National ...

A Virginia doctor was this week sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for illegally prescribing about half ...

Deaths from the synthetic opioid fentanyl skyrocketed more than 1,000% from 2011 to 2016, according to a report ...

WASHINGTON—Dianna de la Garza, the mother of Demi Lovato, is teaming up with former Fox News host and ...

VANCOUVER—Health Canada's proposal to loosen regulations on importing prescription-grade heroin to treat opioid addiction is being hailed as ...

Learning her son was a heroin addict left Melissa Forsyth in a state of depression. "I just never ...

NEW YORK—The Bronx and Staten Island, as unalike as they may be, share at least two unenviable traits: ...

Focused on battling addiction, providing treatment, and teaching prevention, the bills laid out plans and legislation, but not ...