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July 6, 2017

Do sports protect teens from abusing painkillers or enable it?

As communities nationwide battle a growing opioid and heroin use epidemic, researchers and public health officials are scrambling to identify how abuse may begin.

July 6, 2017

Prince died of opioid overdose, Medical Examiner's Office reveals

Prince died of an accidental opioid overdose after he self-administered fentanyl, the Midwest Medical Examiner's Office reported on Thursday.

July 6, 2017

Pennsylvania baby rolls on hypodermic needle, gets OD reversal drug, cops say

The father of the 9-month-old baby girl discovered with a hypodermic needle sticking out of her leg now faces several charges.

July 5, 2017

Drug dealers would face manslaughter charges for opioid overdoses under proposed Florida law

Florida politicians hope that the matching pieces of legislation – House Bill 477 and Senate Bill 150 – will combat the ubiquitous use of synthetic drugs like fentanyl throughout the Sunshine state following a crackdown on prescription painkillers that have led to a spike nationwide in heroin and opioid abuse.

July 5, 2017

Virginia law will give drug addicts clean needles

A new law in Virginia will permit health departments to provide clean needles to drug addicts in order to help decrease the spread of disease.

July 5, 2017

How to recognize heroin addiction and help with recovery

When laying out life plans and dreaming about the future, people don’t usually include drug addiction in their vision.

July 5, 2017

As new and lethal opioids flood US streets, crime labs race to identify them

As novel, and lethal, opioids flood the streets in state after state, crime labs are racing to identify the unfamiliar compounds in time to save lives.

June 28, 2017

2 new strains of fentanyl may be resistant to Narcan, Georgia authorities warn

Georgia authorities have confirmed two new strains of fentanyl so potent that they may be resistant to the lifesaving antidote naloxone, also known as Narcan.

June 27, 2017

Oklahoma doctor charged in opioid deaths of 5 patients

An Oklahoma doctor is facing second-degree murder charges in the death of five patients after she allegedly over-prescribed dangerous opioids.

June 26, 2017

High hopes ride on marijuana painkillers amid opioid crisis

A handful of drugmakers are taking their first steps toward developing marijuana-based painkillers, alternatives to opioids that have led to widespread abuse and caused the U.S. health regulator to ask for a withdrawal of a popular drug this month.