Overdose deaths soared to a record 93,000 last year in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. government reported...
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Opioid deaths spiked in Connecticut during the pandemic and continue to increase in 2021, fueled by continued disruptions to recovery...
Rhode Island’s governor has signed three bills to combat opioid overdoses and deaths. Democratic Governor Gina Raimondo signed 71 bills...
Prince’s heirs have sued Walgreens and the Illinois hospital that treated the music superstar after he suffered from an opioid...
Life expectancy among Americans has fallen for the second year in a row as the opioid crisis continues to drive...
Just over 60 percent of individuals who died from an opioid overdose had been diagnosed with a chronic pain condition,...
West Virginia will receive $5.9 million from the federal government to help fight drug addiction. U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins and...
Fatal drug overdoses in West Virginia continued to rise last year and its overdose death rate still far outpaces any...
Massachusetts appears to be bucking efforts by makers of prescription painkillers to kill or weaken measures aimed at stemming the...
As the number of overdose deaths from prescription painkillers has soared in recent years, pharmaceutical companies that manufacture opioid painkillers,...