Kratom is unregulated in Massachusetts, although multiple towns and cities have started to ban it from the shelves of smoke ...

If a person has major surgery chances are they were prescribed opioids. Hydrocodone, oxycodone, methadone and many others are all different types of opioids typically prescribed by doctors to treat ...

A class of synthetic drugs called nitazines have been around since the 1950s - but are quickly gaining a foothold in street drugs ...

From R&B concerts in New Jersey to a 1950s sock hop in Connecticut, new data shows wide variation in how governments are ...

What We’re Reading, July 14, 2016: Inaccurate provider directories in California health plans; atehnahealth survey identifies low physician engagement; and opioid addiction bill will soon be law.

The company that makes OxyContin, members of the Sackler family who own it and many groups that sued over its role in the ...

Hundreds of people are on a waitlist for opioid addiction treatment in Los Angeles County jails as the state presses the system to reduce overdoses and in-custody deaths.

Nate Holley, 37, has been clean for more than a dozen years from the grip of opioid addiction – crediting his recovery to ...

Readers respond to a proposal in Utah to forcibly remove homeless people. Also: Stolen treasures; America’s gambling problem; ...

William Brown, a single father in his 40s, overcame his opioid addiction and went back to college after a series of run-ins with the law. He credits his recovery to UNC REACH, a medical clinic that ...

The best way to tackle Arkansas' substance use crisis is through education, partnership, vulnerability and action.