Warmth leaves their body. Skin loses color. Breaths slow. And no matter how hard you try, they don't respond to shaking. Screaming. Pleading.

More than half of the opioid settlement dollars spent by localities across West Virginia last fiscal year went to law ...

New figures show 92 fatal or near-fatal incidents involving children in Washington's child welfare system in the first half ...

Ever since the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) tried in 2016 to classify kratom as a dangerous Schedule 1 drug, states have been on their own.

A new study from researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, RAND, and the University of Maryland may change the way public health officials approach opioid use. The study revealed a blind spot in the ...

Alaska signed on to a $7.4 billion national Purdue settlement last month, which could bring the state more than $12 million.

Patients with newly diagnosed musculoskeletal pain who received opioids at higher doses for longer durations had increased risk for OUD.

Study participants in Chicago described a range of severe obstacles to care, which led to them seeking workarounds or just ...