The Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma is using opioid settlement funds to build a culturally competent healthcare system.

The supply of high-potency opioids is expanding through products sold legally as herbal supplements in gas stations, vape ...

Jason Votrobek, a former pill mill operator, explains how opioid clinics distributed massive amounts of prescription painkillers for profit.

In a nano-second your pooch can go from sniffing for treats to inhaling a drug. How quickly you respond to an overdose can be ...

Nearly 140,000 people filed claims against the company for the harm they said its drugs caused. Fewer than half of them will get any compensation.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials on Thursday approved a new type of pain pill designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioid medications like Vicodin and OxyContin ...

Under settlement, Sackler family will pay state, local and Native American tribal governments, individual victims and others Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your ...

In the United States, opioid prescription rates have been falling since 2011. But in the same period, the number of opioid-related deaths has increased dramatically. Rising death toll: Fatalities ...

The U.S. remains in the midst of an ever-worsening drug overdose crisis. Because prescription opioids drove its earlier phases, the nation responded by drastically reducing access to those drugs — ...

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