A new UN report states that illicit drugs like fentanyl and various nitazenes—synthetic opioids several times more potent than fentanyl—are taking over the illicit drug market from traditional drugs ...

Patients who receive inpatient treatment are far more likely to be prescribed life-saving addiction medications, a new study ...

NEW YORK, NY - Fifty percent of people in New York state prisons have substance use disorders — outdistancing the national ...

Metro Council agreed on how they’d spend nearly $3 million coming from the latest distribution of opioid settlement money ...

The Reporter continues a three-day series today on Solano County’s response to the opioid and fentanyl crisis through law ...

Guest Commentary written by Tracy Nguyen Tracy Nguyen is a student at Stanford University studying political science and public policy. She specializes in state and local governance with a broader ...

A man on Friday pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for selling fentanyl to a 20-year-old woman who ingested the synthetic opioid and died three years ago in El Dorado County.

SCORE, which contracts jail services to multiple cities, is also alleged to have had longstanding issues with inadequate ...

MultiCare received an award from the Washington State Hospital Association for addressing the opioid crisis in Spokane.

The man's arrest comes as health officials have recently pointed to declines in opioid-related deaths, Boston's district ...

A man residing in Mount Joy is accused of sex trafficking and controlling multiple victims into performing commercial sex ...

Three separate visitors, to the Washington State Penitentiary were arrested Monday for attempting to introduce drugs into the ...