BOSTON (SHNS) – The number of opioid-related overdose fatalities fell below 1,000 for the first time in more than a decade in ...

In honor of National Naloxone Awareness Day on June 6 th, Emergent BioSolutions Inc. (NYSE: EBS) is teaming up with Victoria’s Voice Foundation – which launched the awareness day with bipartisan ...

San Luis Obispo County is examining the best way to regulate kratom, a product that can produce opioid-like effects.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brian Castrucci is the president & CEO of the de Beaumont Foundation. To start, we do not yet know the cause of the decline. Some ...

The opioid crisis is compounded by disparities in treatment access, particularly among racial, gender, and age groups, necessitating equitable solutions. Legislative efforts, such as the Opioid Harm ...

The opioid epidemic is a crisis that has plagued the United States for decades. One central issue of the epidemic is inequitable access to treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), which puts certain ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. District Judge David Faber is going to rule again on the nearly decade-old legal battle between ...

Purdue Pharma, the OxyContin manufacturer, was sentenced in federal court and ordered to pay $5.5 billion for its role in fueling the opioid epidemic.

Implementing patient navigation services for pregnant individuals with opioid use disorder improves attendance at treatment ...

The story everyone knows about the opioid epidemic goes like this: Big, bad Purdue Pharma aggressively marketed its potent painkiller OxyContin, hooking legions of unsuspecting Americans on the ...

Opioid addiction and overdose have been a nationwide epidemic since 1999, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

South Carolina’s Attorney General, joined by leaders from Upstate service and non-profit organizations, announced on Thursday ...