Opioid use and overdose awareness nonprofit Mothers Against Prescription Drug Abuse (MAPDA) identified a need to inform the ...

There is a tendency to overlook the multiple factors and stakeholders that contributed to the Rx opioid crisis. This includes ...

Jury deliberations in Baltimore’s opioid case against two drug distribution companies will stretch into next week.

Similarly, banning public drug use has been proposed in many cities ... To combat today's overdose and fentanyl deaths, ...

Narcotics Anonymous and Salvation Army are often hostile to use of the addiction medications buprenorphine and methadone.

Experts are unsure as to what is causing the decline, which saw deaths decrease by some 14% between June 2023 and 2024.

Opioid overdose deaths have decreased for 12 months, with 70,655 predicted deaths through June 2024, down from 86,401 in June ...

Together, the two drug distributors accounted for 60% of the prescription opioid market in Baltimore for about a decade, city ...

Sammy Becdach is accused of writing prescriptions for opioids and benzodiazepines for people who were not his patients.

Indiana ranks among the top ten states in the U.S. for opioid prescription rates, according to recent data. With a rate of 56.23 opioid prescriptions per 100 residents, Indiana ranks tenth, ...

How big a problem is opioid abuse in Central Texas? On Tuesday, Travis County commissioners could declare the issue a public ...