It wasn’t clear from testimony by Dr. Craig Milhouse, who was limited by patient confidentiality laws, why he prescribed Kay the Norco and Vicodin pills.

Carfentanil, a lethal synthetic opioid, is on the rise in Ohio, and experts are concerned about the impact of such a deadly ...

The post Donald Trump doesn’t understand the drug war he’s fighting appeared first on Salon.com. The president tried to offer ...

Fatal overdoses have increased locally despite the Centers for Disease Control recently reporting the largest decline of annual overdose deaths the country has ever seen, and the city of Springfield ...

But as is revealed in Murdaugh: Death in the Family, a series of scandals began to surface: financial fraud, opioid addiction ...

Starting substance use early—especially alcohol, nicotine, or cannabis—increases the likelihood of addiction later in life ( ...

Channel 9’s crime reporter Hunter Sáenz recently got the autopsy report about the in-custody death that happened August, ...

Death rates due to drug poisonings began to surge in the US in the mid-1990s, marking the emergence of an epidemic that has persisted for three decades. The health consequences have been stark, with ...

The ruling clarified the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act, which was passed in 2017 and offers legal protections for people ...

One of President Donald Trump’s first-day pledges upon taking office was to secure the U.S. border — a goal that includes ...

Over 100 deaths in the country have been linked to opioid use, primarily fentanyl. The alarming trend was reported on ...

LOUSIVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Governor Andy Beshear announced on Wednesday Kentucky will make 7-hydroxymitragynine, or 7-OH, ...