The article, "What Is Driving the Drug Overdose Epidemic in the United States?,” is based on research Thombs, a Ph.D. student in BC’s Sociology Department, conducted with his co-authors Dennis Thombs ...

First, as The New York Times warned on the front page in 1971, there was a “G.I. heroin addiction epidemic” in Vietnam. The drug’s use was also on the rise in places like New York ...

In this white paper, Penlink provides insights into the opioid epidemic: • How the drug trafficking industry is booming around the world ...

The number of babies born dependent on drugs is skyrocketing amid what doctors are calling an American opioid epidemic. The number of drug-dependent newborns rose 500% between 2003 and 2013 ...

Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), one of 31 bipartisan co-sponsors, called the bill's passage a "major accomplishment" for both Republicans and Democrats.