Since 1999, the American opioid epidemic has killed more than half a million people, and the staggering majority have been ...

New Bedford is one of the communities in Massachusetts that is still very much in the throes of the opioid crisis.

Opioid victims are not getting a "fair shake" in potential $7.4 billion settlement, a claimant in the Purdue Pharmacy ...

Jeffrey Summers, 51, was charged with obscene communication with a minor, traveling to meet after using a computer to lure a ...

According to a new study by WashU Medicine researchers, male and female rats with a chronic pain condition release different ...

The National Prescription Opiate Litigation in Cobb County, Georgia accuses a number of chain pharmacies, including Publix, of failing to protect the public from prescription opioids in their ...

Street dealers across the U.S. are adding potent synthetic opioids to drug supplies in what federal officials say could be ...

A new study has found that extending state Medicaid coverage did not increase the likelihood of prescription opioid or benzodiazepine misuse among people who use drugs.

The Washoe County School District Board of Trustees on Tuesday approved preliminary language for a policy amendment ...

Powerful synthetic opioids are meant to serve as painkillers, but new research suggests their use during surgery mig ...

Andrew Drury, 42, was found unresponsive in the intake room of Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility on Sunday afternoon.

Gov. Patrick Morrisey on Monday announced funding to prevent the spread of opioids in West Virginia, along with ...