Another addiction expert, Dr. Andrew Kolodny, founder of Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing, said prosecutors' emphasis on drug-dealing doctors is appropriate but inadequate on its own... READ MORE›
China and the U.S. have worked to build a close working relationship to fight global flows of illicit synthetic drugs, but their collaboration remains fraught... READ MORE›
Overdose deaths from all opioids, not just fentanyl, hit 2,304 in the UK, the highest number in Europe... READ MORE›
In the battle to wean patients off opioids, dosage has emerged as a critical issue... READ MORE›
Last month at the White House, President Donald Trump declared opioid abuse a national public health emergency... READ MORE›
But the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that kratom carries similar risks, including addiction and death, and the agency is working to block shipments... READ MORE›
'This is why so many people are dying' Data show dramatic rise in street drugs testing positive for fentanyl... READ MORE›
Mr. Trump has accused China of being the main source of the flood of cheap and deadly fentanyl into America... READ MORE›
This year an estimated 65,000 Americans will die after overdosing on opioids, whether it be prescription painkillers or illegal street drugs like heroin... READ MORE›
Said Dr. Jeff Turnbull, the chief physician for Ottawa Inner City Health, which provides health care to the homeless... READ MORE›
Trump declares opioids a US public health emergency... READ MORE›
Trump declares opioids a U.S. public health emergency... READ MORE›
It will also expand access to medical services in rural areas and shift some federal HIV money to help addicts... READ MORE›
Utah wants to use video to connect rural patients with a Provo-based doctor trained to prescribe buprenorphine, a medication used to treat opioid addiction... READ MORE›
Trump said in August that he would declare opioid abuse a national emergency... READ MORE›
FDA hopes to lift stigma on using drugs as treatment for opioid addiction in face of resistance... READ MORE›
At least 21 other people were also indicted on charges they trafficked the drugs across the U.S. and Canada, often through the U.S. mail... READ MORE›
At least 21 other people were also indicted on charges they trafficked the drugs across the U.S. and Canada, often through the U.S. mail... READ MORE›
Trump calls for drug test ahead of next debate, says clinton was 'pumped up'... READ MORE›
Nine people have died in Vancouver in the past 24 hours from an overdose of the painkiller fentanyl opioid, officials say... READ MORE›
Jones has decided not to let his deputies carry Narcan, a potentially lifesaving medicine for those suffering opioid overdoses... READ MORE›
Figures from government and UNODC show 10 percent increase in poppy cultivation and 91 percent decrease in eradication... READ MORE›
Yet after Congress approved landmark legislation in July for expanded drug addiction treatment and prevention, it did not include the 181 million to actually fund the measure... READ MORE›
This is your brain on fentanyl How the powerful opioid kills... READ MORE›
When the benefits of prescription opiates outweigh the risks, doctors should talk to patients about their treatment goals and when they will stop using the drugs... READ MORE›
Fentanyl is a highly potent drug that many recreational drug users take unknowingly, putting them at high risk of an overdose... READ MORE›
Whenever an autopsy is done in Sullivan County, in northeast Tennessee, the report is sent to the district attorney... READ MORE›
Ottawa public health recorded 15 suspected cases recorded in 72 hours... READ MORE›
Drug producer known as Beeker says underground chemists are steps ahead of the police when it comes to the movement of illicit drugs on the streets... READ MORE›
The people in the photos are users of cocaine, heroin or oxycodone - a prescription opioid... READ MORE›
America's first Opium Commissioner Hamilton Wright is at left... READ MORE›
Britain has Europe's highest proportion of heroin addicts and problematic use of novel psychoactive substances, say reports by the European drugs agency... READ MORE›
Do you think the SNL sketch on heroin crossed the line?... READ MORE›
Fentanyl, a synthetic opiate, is up to 100 times stronger than heroin and is sometimes prescribed as a painkiller for the terminally ill... READ MORE›
Most opioid overdose deaths are linked to prescription pain pills, though use of heroin is growing rapidly, accounting for almost 13,000 deaths in 2015, according to NIDA... READ MORE›
However, the report says that as a result of the ban, Spice and other NPSs have become just another street drug being sold by illicit dealers... READ MORE›
Erika Hurt, 25, was found by police as in Hope, Indiana, on Saturday still holding a syringe in her hand... READ MORE›
Why are death rates going up for middle-aged less-educated white American women, given that mortality rates are generally improving?... READ MORE›
Latin American drug cartels are also getting synthetic opioids from Asia and moving them into the United States... READ MORE›
Many low-income and middle-income countries continue to fail to provide adequate opioid analgesic medicine for pain, the report said... READ MORE›
The inside story of the heroin overdose photograph that shocked the world... READ MORE›
Hide Caption 6 of 11 Photos Opioids Addictive painkillers Meperidine - Meperidine is another narcotic analgesic, similar to morphine... READ MORE›
Many of those new heroin users are former prescription opioid users driven to a black-market alternative by the government's crackdown on painkiller prescriptions... READ MORE›
Experts say that reductions in prescription painkillers likely is a contributing factor to the spike in heroin use... READ MORE›
Experts from Ottawa Public Health will also deliver a presentation on the recent overdoses... READ MORE›
Elizabeth Long faces up to life in prison after she was convicted of second-degree murder and second-degree child abuse in the death of 16-month-old Lukas... READ MORE›
Globally, the number of people using heroin, opium and morphine has changed little in recent years, the report indicated... READ MORE›
Announces takedown of AlphaBay, a dark Web marketplace for drugs and other illicit goods The inside track on Washington politics... READ MORE›
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