Mississippi will receive more than $400M to fight the opioid epidemic. So far, officials haven't directed it toward programs that support addiction recovery.

L.A. County banned sales of kratom products over concern about potential overdoses. But some say officials are not considering how the decision will affect the health of those who use it to alleviate ...

Pensacola used opioid settlement funds for Flock license plate readers, sparking debate as to whether it is an appropriate ...

Tennessee’s overdose surveillance system is not designed to detect newly engineered synthetic opioids quickly. The emergence ...

A push to change Washington's controversial "Keeping Families Together Act" fell short in this year's legislative session.

Eleven community-based organizations were selected as the first recipients of Baltimore City's Opioid Restitution Fund community grants.

According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 7-OH is 13 times more potent than morphine. Yet, in many states across ...

After years of securing large settlements from companies involved in manufacturing, distributing and producing opioids, prosecuting all levels of opioid involvement remains a bipartisan priority for ...

Brendan Saloner ([email protected]), Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Pooja Lagisetty, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Access and scale are two sides of the same coin. Whereas ...

On July 29th, 2025, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. took the stage at a press conference in DC to make a major drug policy announcement: The Food & Drug Administration ...

Photographs by Tamara ReynoldsMs. Kingsolver is the author of “Demon Copperhead.” Ms. Reynolds is a documentary photographer based in Nashville. “It started when I got injured in a football game.” “It ...