This indicates that drug dealers were finding it harder to source fentanyl and were turning to shrinkflation. “Lots of things ...

St. Louis County was awarded about $21 million in 2023, to be paid out over an 18‑year period, through national class‑action ...

The story everyone knows about the opioid epidemic goes like this: Big, bad Purdue Pharma aggressively marketed its potent painkiller OxyContin, hooking legions of unsuspecting Americans on the ...

Data shows New Jersey recorded 2,816 overdose deaths in 2023. That’s about an 11 percent decline from the prior year, with ...

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana University is taking a proactive stance against the opioid epidemic by installing emergency naloxone ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brian Castrucci is the president & CEO of the de Beaumont Foundation. To start, we do not yet know the cause of the decline. Some ...

The opioid crisis is compounded by disparities in treatment access, particularly among racial, gender, and age groups, necessitating equitable solutions. Legislative efforts, such as the Opioid Harm ...

With all the news about the opioid epidemic, there's an unexpected group in trouble: older people. In fact, an analysis of government data shows more than 500,000 Medicare recipients received high ...

The names of more than 100 victims of the opioid epidemic were honored with purple rocks bearing their names and faces under ...

Hundreds of governmental entities have filed lawsuits to recoup funds expended addressing the opioid crisis. The lawsuits have primarily targeted drugmakers and drug distributors for allegedly ...