Under a new state pilot, paramedics in Kitsap County will start administering a medication that blunts withdrawals and cravings.

Even the 'land of steady habits' has seen change over time. Here's a look at 10 ways Connecticut is becoming a different ...

Canada’s financial watchdog, FINTRAC (Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada), has issued a stark ...

Are dropping fentanyl-related death rates concealing other issues in the fight against this brutal form of addiction?

Or at least J.R. hoped it was cocaine, pure cocaine -- uncontaminated by fentanyl, a potent opioid that was linked to about ...

Missouri officials say the overdose reversal drug naloxone helped contribute to the first decrease in drug-related deaths ...

The EUDA director said people using multiple drugs at once, violence, and political polarisation are key challenges for 2025.

Because fentanyl is just one example of synthetic opioids, which are likely to continue to plague the international market, international cooperation must transcend blame and focus on actionable ...

Kratom is known for its stimulant and opioid-like effects and is derived from the leaves of a tree in the coffee family, the Southeast Asian tree Mitragyna speciosa. This differs from another natural ...

Examples include morphine ... Driving the surge is fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 times stronger than heroin, and stimulants such as methamphetamine. In November, the City Council declared ...