Opiate addiction is a growing concern across the globe, affecting millions of individuals and their families. While many are aware of the dangers associated with illegal drugs, fewer people recognize ...

A filmmaker captures her attempt to come off the synthetic opiates that kept her off heroin for the past six years. A filmmaker captures her attempt to come off the synthetic opiates that kept her off ...

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday touted a new $100 million effort to fight opioid addiction highlighting the country’s “fragmented” system for ...

Heroin and Fentanyl. Two names that echo through the darkest corners of the opioid crisis. Both are deadly. One is cheaper, ...

Jamie Lee Curtis celebrated a personal milestone on February 3: 25 years of sobriety. "25 years clean and sober. One day at a time. 9,125 of them," she wrote in a social media post. The actor ...

The numbers differ, depending on who you listen to, but the idea that we are losing 65 to 100 people each day in this country to fatal opiate overdoses is sad, stunning, and not surprising. How and ...

State lawmakers are considering a ban on synthetic kratom after reports of addiction and deaths.

* Europe, Russia, Iran consume half world's opiates * Only 20 percent of Afghan opium intercepted * Taliban making up to $160 million a year from opium By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, Oct 21 ...

TORONTO (Reuters) -- The scene wouldn't be out of place in any other clinical trial. Patients receive measured doses of a drug prescribed by a doctor, and inject it in a sterile environment under the ...