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By last winter, medetomidine was showing up in 70% of illicit opioid samples tested in Philly, along with other unregulated substances and synthetic opioids like fentanyl.

A new crisis has emerged among patients who truly suffer from debilitating pain: They cannot get the care that they need.

Dominic Cipriano couldn't stop shaking. A drug dealer on the streets of Kensington had sold him a bag of what he thought was ...

LA County health officials are inspecting gas stations and smoke shops for kratom and more potent synthetic versions that are ...

The Weber County Sheriff's Office installed a machine in its lobby that dispenses free naxalone, used to counter overdoses ...

Scientists have known for decades that opioids relieve pain by binding to molecular switches in the brain called mu-opioid ...

TRUMP: “Every boat we knock out, we save 25,000 American lives.” ...

Toxicologists weigh in on recently reported kratom-related deaths in Los Angeles County as public health officials pull ...

Scientists have known for decades that opioids relieve pain by binding to molecular switches in the brain called mu-opioid receptors. What they didn't know—until now—was exactly what happens next.

The Democrats weakened the borders, allowing Mexican drug cartels to smuggle fentanyl into the United States, where it ...