Resolutions authorizing over $300,000 of opioid fund grants were authorized Tuesday to help the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department and county rescue squads deal with overdoses and other addiction ...

Physicians have linked 14 cases of sudden-onset amnesia in Massachusetts to opioid abuse, according to research findings published in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Four patients who ...

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey (WABC) -- The nation's addiction to opioids is part of a crisis plaguing communities across America and particularly the Tri-State Area. According to the National Institute on ...

Dear Eric: This is in reference to “Worried in Wisconsin,” from a substance abuse clinician who was concerned about a niece’s opioid abuse. Speaking as a physician, make sure everyone in your niece’s ...

State and local health officials say they have observed changes in the drugs people are using. Burlington officials recently modified plans for the state’s first overdose prevention center to not only ...

Are Abuse-Deterrent Drugs Less Addictive? Medscape: In a national survey [1] of internists, family physicians, and general practitioners, nearly one half stated that they believed abuse-deterrent ...

FOX 2 - The Macomb County Sheriff’s Office and Warren Police Department have launched a joint initiative to combat drug ...

Located in Cherry Health’s Southeast Side Health Center, the recovery center offers health screenings, counseling, access to ...

Ten years to the day have passed since I lost my beautiful daughter, Victoria, to an accidental drug overdose at the age of 18 — but the grief and sorrow remain as deep as ever. The short years of ...

Rice County reports a drop in drug overdose deaths, citing naloxone distribution and better treatment access as key factors.

As a doctor treating patients in Kentucky's opioid crisis, I've seen amazing progress-and a problem that's working against our success. Kentucky turned things around on overdose deaths last year, ...