From 2019 to 2021, opioid prescribing by US physicians in EDs declined, but it increased among PAs and nurses.

A paper published this month in the journal Current Addiction Reports discusses the merits of intranasal medications that can reverse overdoses of high-potency synthetic opioids (HPSOs) such as fen | ...

Maricopa County jail increases safety measures, including body scanners, after a K9 named Max suffered a suspected fentanyl ...

Thousands of doses of drugs including opioid painkillers and anti-anxiety medication were seized in raids on 22 properties, ...

National pharmaceutical retailer Walgreens has agreed to pay at least $300 million to settle allegations it illegally fulfilled millions of invalid controlled substance prescriptions for more than ...

Prescriptions to prevent cravings and withdrawal symptoms see growth, but remain a fraction of opioid prescription counts.

Prison advocates worry that thousands of false positive drug test results have tainted the parole decisions for some California inmates.

Four Vancouver pharmacists have been handed interim discipline by the College of Pharmacists of B.C. over allegations of mishandling prescription opioids. The college says the allegations are “so ...

Jill Aalhus, the executive director of Blood Ties Four Directions, said a spike in overdoses included some that happened at ...

At least two Australians die of opioid-related overdoses every day, but Victorian police can’t carry a life-saving antidote.

Recent research indicates that the use of psychedelics has the potential to significantly reduce the experience of chronic ...

Delaware deaths due to drug overdoses continued to drop in 2024. What is the state doing to make this happen, and what more ...