Every year, roughly 80,000 people die from opioid-induced respiratory depression (ORID) in America, according to ...

Fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic, opioid deaths spiked in the United States. But three months into 2025, drug overdose-related ...

Washington is one of four states that reported year-over-year increases in opioid-related death rates, according to an ...

A 37-year-old Ocean County man was allegedly driving on opioids at the time of a crash that killed his passenger, authorities ...

WASHINGTON - While Eastern states such as North Carolina and Pennsylvania are seeing significant declines in opioid-related ...

Fentanyl and other opioids have fueled the worst drug crisis in U.S. history. In recent years, fatal overdose numbers have become defined by illicit fentanyl, an extremely lethal synthetic opioid ...

A recent study conducted across nine Iowa hospitals has shown promising results in reducing postoperative opioid prescriptions by implementing Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) pathways. The ...

A couple of members of Congress are not giving up on finding ways to fight the substance abuse epidemic that has gripped our region.

Dr. Ndubuisi Joseph Okafor, of Maryland, was convicted on nearly two dozen felony counts for selling opioid prescriptions for ...

A Kenton County jury found Lauren Baker guilty in April 2023 of charges including murder. She was sentenced to 33 years in ...

The study, which was published in the journal Pharmacological Reports, analyzed the impact of four terpenes that are found in ...