opioids

New research shows that drugs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro lower hospitalization rates for opioid overdose and alcohol intoxication in patients with addiction.

Recent research highlights how spinal adjustments can significantly reduce dependency on pain medication such as the often prescribed ...

Initial samples of drugs found in overdose cases contained xylazine, bromazolam, fentanyl, quinine, and caffeine.

Gov. Gavin Newsom said California seized 62,224 pounds of fentanyl last year, a 1,066 percent increase since 2021.

[FULL TRANSCRIPT BELOW] In recent years, drug cartels have built a vast and lucrative business selling fake prescription ...

Conservative MPs on the House of Commons health committee questioned Minister of Health and Addictions Ya'ara Saks on ...

The controversy surrounding opioid use has drastically reduced prescriptions of this painkiller, but are NSAIDs good enough to ...

Commentary The government of British Columbia is off on another lengthy legal boondoggle as it seeks to make ...

The analysis delves into whether 'safer supply' drugs have been diverted to youth instead of drug addicts to ...

Opioids can cause harm with only a short course of treatment, according to the study's lead researcher.

The Quebec government has introduced a bill that would allow it to join a proposed class-action lawsuit against ...

DHS said the strategy aims to combat the flow of illicit opioids, such as fentanyl, in the United ...

The number of accidental drug and alcohol deaths nearly doubled in Ontario during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new ...

Researchers say the amount of opioids and other illicit drugs found in a monitoring of Alberta wastewater jumped ...

Commentary We all have our private biases so let me confess mine: I loathe the smell of marijuana. ...

Fentanyl and other opioids have been found in trace amounts in Canada’s surface water and drinking water. When ...

Once the “overdose capital" of the United States, Ohio's Montgomery County is now championing novel treatments for mental ...

More than 100,000 Americans likely died from drug overdoses in 2022, marking the highest number on record, according ...

Twenty-one states and the District of Columbia have legalized recreational marijuana for adults as of April. And while ...

Is the FBI engaging in retaliation against whistleblowers? That was the topic of a House hearing Thursday, as three former ...

Doctors in Australia have called on the New South Wales (NSW) government to take action on instituting a ...

Commentary PENN HILLS, Pa.—When the Penn Hills police and paramedics arrived at the modest suburban Pittsburgh home in ...

Joanne Harrison Clough, a single mother and attorney raising her granddaughter, said that when her daughter, Emily, was ...

A federal appeals court on Friday overturned the conviction of a doctor accused of unlawfully prescribing addictive opioids ...

Commentary Taylor Marie was just 4 years old when she lost her mom to fentanyl. Her grandmother, who ...

CVS and Walgreens have agreed to pay state and local governments a combined total of more than $10 ...

Opioid addiction and the illness and death associated with the misuse of these drugs is a growing health ...