WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump is poised to deliver a major speech Thursday on fighting the opioid epidemic, the deadliest drug crisis in U.S. history. "We're going to have a big meeting on ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Jay Jones, the Democratic nominee for Attorney General, is unveiling his plans to tackle the fentanyl epidemic. In an announcement in Richmond on Tuesday, Sept. 16, Jones said ...

Boxes of Narcan sit on the top of a refrigerator in case of an overdose in Lexington, Kentucky, on May 23. (Michael Swensen for The Washington Post) Drug overdose deaths from synthetic opioids — ...

Federal data shows that overdose deaths in the United States are the lowest they’ve been in three years, and a new analysis suggests that some downward trends indicate “unprecedented” progress in the ...

Gathering reliable data on drug use poses a challenge for researchers studying the nation’s the drug epidemic, according to FiveThiryEight economics and policy writer Kathryn Casteel. Ms. Casteel ...

Senate Republicans handed President Donald Trump a victory in the administration's fight against the fentanyl epidemic with the passage of legislation that imposes steep penalties on smugglers caught ...

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (KABC) -- In an Eyewitness News exclusive, ABC7 investigates how fentanyl, a prescription painkiller, has turned into a deadly cocktail being sold on Los Angeles streets. The ...

The number of people overdosing and dying as a result of opioid use in the London area is decreasing, according to new ...