No students showed up to the Narcan training event on March 11 intended to inform students on the nasal spray used to reverse opioid overdoses, how and why it works when using it on someone who ...

Sen. Pat Pettey of Kansas City lauds signing of bill helpful to equipping law enforcement officers with medication to treat ...

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly signed 27 bills on Wednesday, including one that will allow for the sale of fireworks year-round ...

The City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County received tens of millions of dollars from opioid manufacturers in recent years ...

New York is part of a $335 million multistate settlement with a spin-off company of the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer for its ...

The City Council voted 8-1 to allocate millions of dollars toward a plan to help reduce the harms of the opioid epidemic. The vote late Monday night assigned about $21 million primarily to nonprofit ...

Romaine, a Republican, struck a bipartisan tone, vowing to work with all 18 legislators on the "challenges ahead ...

Residents now have quick access to life-saving medications thanks to harm reduction vending machines.A new effort by Dane ...

Overdose prevention centers and heroin-assisted treatment have emerged as evidence-based solutions capable of saving lives, ...

Pharmaceutical companies accused of fueling the nation's opioid crisis are paying state and local governments billions of ...

Purple flags, representing the nearly 300 Mecklenburg County residents who died of opioid overdose in 2023, fluttered in the ...

The Albuquerque City Council is expected to vote Monday night on how to allocate millions of dollars from a major opioid settlement.