The criminal justice system has been the federal government's main avenue for tackling drug addiction since President Richard Nixon effectively launched the "War on Drugs" in 1971. But drug overdose ...

A Canadian study finds that as fentanyl use began increasing in 2014, opioid agonist treatment duration with methadone or ...

Nearly $39 million from settlements with eight drug companies will start flowing to the state’s fund as early as next year, adding to the existing pot of more than $3 billion to support opioid ...

A powerful synthetic opioid, nitazenes, is the main reason why the number of drug overdoses in Estonia has tripled in recent ...

Two sergeants have administered the life-saving nasal spray Naloxone to two people suffering from a drug overdose in Sheffield and Doncaster.

The widespread spread of nitazenes, a powerful synthetic opioid, has largely been behind a tripling in the number of drug ...

The widespread spread of nitazenes, a powerful synthetic opioid, has largely been behind a tripling in the number of drug ...

A Greater Manchester MP has called for GMP to change its policy and the region's Deputy Mayor, Kate Green, is to demand an explanation from the force over its stance. Neal Keeling reports on a growing ...

Just two police forces in the country refuse to give their officers naloxone. Big Issue reporting has sparked politicians to ...

Audio from emergency dispatches show a single call for help for a 27-year-old woman quickly spiraled into a much larger ...