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.

A Greater Manchester MP has called for GMP to change its policy and the region's Deputy Mayor, Kate Green, is to demand an ...

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

Former Mississippi State, Titans star and artist teamed up blending music, charity, and opioid awareness for local youth ...

Using outdated newspaper vending boxes, the opioid awareness group Micah’s Hugs is installing free naloxone distribution ...

The Trump administration’s proposed cuts to the naloxone distribution program would gut programs that train and equip communities to respond to overdoses.

Drug overdose deaths in Massachusetts tied to opioids are at their lowest level in more than a decade, according the ...