The criminal justice system has been the federal government's main avenue for tackling drug addiction since President Richard Nixon effectively launched the "War on Drugs" in 1971. But drug overdose ...

Since US President Donald Trump – just days into his second term – began imposing tariffs on China for its role in the flow ...

Fentanyl, a potent synthetic opioid, has become a key point of contention in US-China trade talks. The US accuses China of ...

Now, experts say, fentanyl, a cheap, synthetic opiate originally dreamed up to treat people with end-of-life cancer, is either trekked in across the U.S.’s southern border by American mules, where ...

Whitney Purvis faces involuntary manslaughter charges after man's overdose. Whitney Purvis, who rose to prominence on MTV's ...

Using outdated newspaper vending boxes, the opioid awareness group Micah’s Hugs is installing free naloxone distribution ...

The series of deadly drug overdoses prompted a massive response from police to identify the source of the drugs.

The Trump administration’s proposed cuts to the naloxone distribution program would gut programs that train and equip communities to respond to overdoses.

A new approach is urgently needed to address the prevention and treatment of speedballing, the risky—and often ...

A “bad batch” of drugs was suspected in the overdoses of 27 people in Baltimore. What are bad batches and where do they come ...

Recent data from the American Medical Response revealed the number of suspected opioid overdoses in New Hampshire's two ...