[ad_1] WOBURN — A case that stretched more than eight years reached its conclusion this week, as retired Dracut physician, Dr. Richard Miron, pleaded…
[ad_1] A federal bankruptcy court judge on Friday said he will approve OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma’s latest deal to settle thousands of lawsuits over the…
[ad_1] Officials in Irvington, New Jersey, had an idea. To raise awareness about the dangers of opioid use and addiction, the township could host…
[ad_1] SEATTLE – Police arrested an armed felon after he was caught smoking fentanyl in front of a grocery store in Seattle’s Capitol Hill…
[ad_1] The number of opioid-involved drug overdose deaths in 2023 decreased for the first time in five years. Minnesota health officials say 54 people…
[ad_1] The Rockport School Committee, along with the town’s Public Health Department, is aiming to eliminate the effects of possible substance abuse in Rockport…
[ad_1] BOSTON — While the scourge of opioid addiction continues to affect Massachusetts, the number of people getting legal prescriptions for heavily addictive medicines…
[ad_1] BOSTON — While the scourge of opioid addiction continues to affect Massachusetts, the number of people getting legal prescriptions for heavily addictive medicines…
[ad_1] In a nondescript garage in Connecticut, a New Haven man manufactured hundreds of thousands of counterfeit pills containing methamphetamine, a powerful opioid and…
[ad_1] As part of Overdose Awareness Week, KPIX is presenting a series of special reports on the opioid crisis through the lens of another…
[ad_1] Beacon Hill leaders are pledging to push for money from OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that nullified a…
[ad_1] BOSTON — The scourge of opioid addiction continues to affect Massachusetts, but new data shows a double-digit decrease in the number of overdose…
[ad_1] As federal and state governments implement far-ranging programs to address the crisis, PillSafe offers a technology-based solution that ensures patients comply with prescriptions.…
[ad_1] California is partnering with a New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company to purchase a generic version of Narcan, the drug that can save someone’s life…
[ad_1] EXCELSIOR, Minn. — Opioid-related deaths have more than doubled in the last five years here in Minnesota, with fentanyl involved in 92% of…
[ad_1] MINNEAPOLIS — One pill can kill — that was the message federal and state partners stressed as illicit fentanyl continues to circulate. The…
[ad_1] Sierra Ferrell is a singer and songwriter with a fast-rising career, but her road to success has been an unconventional one — hitchhiking,…
[ad_1] Government and industry have tried and failed to stem the overdose epidemic for more than two decades. Open-source PillSafe Technologies offer hope. EDMOND,…
[ad_1] article TACOMA, Wash. – Tacoma Police seized over 20,000 fentanyl pills during a narcotics operation targeting an alleged fentanyl supplier. A suspect was…
[ad_1] A California legislator is proposing a new law that would require routine tests of statewide wastewater for illicit drugs to better inform public…
