Drug experts Drs. Volkow and McLellan set out a road map to reverse the opioid epidemic in 2016. Find out how we're doing now ...

The drug, shown to be almost as effective as opioids for short-term pain, is the first fundamentally new kind of painkiller ...

The study tested different methods of training healthcare providers so they could help their patients better manage chronic ...

A movie filed in Eastern Kentucky last summer is making the rounds in movie theatres all over the world. The movie is called ...

As the opioid epidemic slows, there is a growing number of older Black men in Milwaukee who are dying of fentanyl-related ...

Federal officials approved a new type of pain drug designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioid​ medications like Vicodin and OxyContin.

Pennsylvania looks likely to receive another big infusion of money from another court settlement over responsibility for the nation’s ongoing opioid epidemic. If the settlement is finalized, it will ...

Wake County EMS's MOUD program successfully integrates buprenorphine treatment for opioid use in prehospital care.

Anyone can now access naloxone for free and anonymously at Rush Copley Medical Center in Aurora and Advocate Sherman Hospital ...

The FDA has approved Journavx, a new non-opioid pain medication designed to reduce addiction and overdose risks.

Prescription opioid overdoses have killed thousands of Utahns. A new settlement puts a price tag on their lives and could bring "justice" to their families." ...

As Georgia navigates a widespread opioid addiction crisis, researchers in Kennesaw State University’s Wellstar School of ...