opioid

The 2019 BBC documentary, “Addicted: America’s Opioid Crisis,” explores the depth of the nation’s addiction to opioid painkillers and the role played by Purdue Pharma and other makers of the ...

The Justice Department announced on Tuesday that 179 people were arrested worldwide and large quantities of drugs, weapons, and ...

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.—On the last day of August, beneath a cloudless azure sky, countless photos of young people ...

The United States on Aug. 25 sanctioned an alleged Chinese fentanyl kingpin, describing him as "one of the most ...

As many as 75,000 Americans could die because of drug or alcohol misuse and suicide as a result ...

People who smoke, vape, or have a history of substance use disorders may be at higher risk of ...

In this episode of American Thought Leaders 🇺🇸, we'll sit down with Ken Paxton, the Attorney General of ...

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is the latest Canadian politician to call for more action to stop the flood ...

A 40-year-old man from Seattle was sentenced on Dec. 17 to seven years for selling an "enormous quantity" ...

NEW YORK—At least six pharmaceutical companies in the United States that are involved in distributing or producing opioid painkillers ...

President Donald Trump is donating his third-quarter salary to help combat the nationwide opioid epidemic. A White House ...

CLEVELAND—The nation’s three biggest drug distributors and a major drugmaker reached a $260 million settlement with two Ohio ...

A medical examiner has determined that Guilford County Judge Tom Jarrell died from an opioid-related overdose, according to ...

The opioid crisis cost the U.S. economy $631 billion from 2015 through last year—and it may keep getting ...

The United States is in the throes of an opioid epidemic. Some are calling it a public health ...

LOS ANGELES—Three men arrested during the investigation into rapper Mac Miller’s deadly overdose last year have now been ...

The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) was slow to address the opioid epidemic and authorized an increase in opioid ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have sent joint warning letters to ...

A Virginia doctor could face life imprisonment at his sentencing this week for prescribing about half a million ...

Federal prosecutors have filed charges against 13 people in Appalachia, alleging mass-scale overprescription of controlled substances, including opioids. ...

NEW YORK—Pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma recently filed for bankruptcy as part of an agreement to pay back billions ...

NEW YORK—As efforts to combat the opioid epidemic ramp up at the federal level, countless nonprofits and organizations ...

Pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma—which made billions of dollars selling its prescription painkiller OxyContin—has filed for bankruptcy after giving way ...

Hurricane Dorian has strengthened to a Category 3 storm as it threatens landfall in the Carolinas, death toll ...

Behind the deadly opioid epidemic ravaging communities across the United States lies a carefully planned strategy by a ...

VICTORIA—British Columbia’s attorney general says he is pleased with the findings of a court in Oklahoma that found ...

An Oklahoma judge on Aug. 26 found Johnson & Johnson liable for fueling an opioid epidemic in the ...