If a person has major surgery chances are they were prescribed opioids. Hydrocodone, oxycodone, methadone and many others are all different types of opioids typically prescribed by doctors to treat ...

A new vaccine being tested could offer another solution to help opioid users with an addiction. “All my life, I've been working on drugs of abuse like substance abuse disorder, etcetera,” Marco ...

Victims of opioid addiction weren’t in the room when OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma persuaded half the state attorneys general to settle claims over the company’s role in the nationwide overdose ...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — An Illinois bill could change harm reduction strategies across the state to help those addicted to opioids. The proposal would change homeless shelter rules. Any shelter that ...

After years of legal battles, state attorneys general won billions of dollars in opioid settlements from drug companies accused of fueling the addiction crisis. They declared victory at press ...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — For the last three years, the Myrtle Beach Opioid Response Team, part of the city’s fire ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A person walks into a chain drug store. A customer enters a CVS store in October 2023 in Los Angeles. Pharmacies in Black and ...

SALT LAKE CITY — In an effort to address the state's opioid epidemic, Utah Attorney General Derek Brown held his administration's first virtual opioid task force meeting Tuesday morning, where nearly ...

Photos of people lost to drug addiction at an overdose-awareness vigil in front of New Hampshire's Statehouse in 2022. New Hampshire lawmakers have proposed diverting millions of dollars meant to ...