A woman has been jailed for stealing food and 34 bottles of wine from a Tesco Express. Lucy Hanks, 37, of Bitton Park Road in ...

Brandon Johnson, 40, was found dead in his cell at HMP Wandsworth in September 2019. An ombudsman report has just been ...

Purpose: The association of methadone with Q-T interval prolongation and torsades de pointes (TdP) is reviewed, and recommendations for preventing Q-T interval prolongation in methadone users are ...

The number of 311 reports of discarded needles has surged since the city ended a popular needle-buyback program.

Brandon Johnson, 40, died from cardiorespiratory failure after chronic cocaine misuse, just 13 days after arriving at the ...

As recently as July, the Allegheny County Jail was dosing people in its custody with addiction medication in the middle of ...

In the face of an opioid overdose crisis, President Biden oversaw a historic shift toward harm reduction for addiction.

William Brangham looks at the renewed focus on methadone, one of the oldest and most effective medications in this fight. While the numbers are finally starting to decline, more than 74,000 ...

Factors that affect the pharmacologic effectiveness of methadone include comorbid medical disorders, pregnancy, and drug interactions. [13] The potential medical and social costs of opiate ...

An Oglethorpe County man was charged with murder following the death last year of an overdose victim in Madison County.

Methadone, a drug used to curb the cravings of opioid abuse, is the most commonly-used treatment, giving people with substance abuse disorder a chance to break away from their addiction.