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Teen Drug Overdose Deaths Increased 19% in 2015Drug overdose deaths among U.S. teens edged upward in 2015, after declining for several years prior, according a new report.
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Opioid Crisis Is a 'National Emergency': What Happens Now?President Donald Trump has declared the opioid epidemic a "national emergency," but could this declaration really help address the crisis?
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Is Big Pharma Hindering Treatment of the Opioid Epidemic? (Op-Ed)
Opinion The number of people dying from opioid overdose continues to rise, in part because of cheap street drugs. Yet the price of a drug used to treat addiction is out of reach for many.
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More Than Two-Thirds of Patients Have Leftover Opioids After SurgeryMost patients who are prescribed opioids after surgery don't take all of the prescribed pills, leaving leftover opioids that could be used inappropriately, a new review of studies finds.
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How Opioid Prescriptions Have Changed Recently: New Report
Too many Americans are prescribed too many opioids for too long, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Science Calls Out Jeff Sessions on Medical MarijuanaRolling back protections from federal interference in state legalization laws could worsen the opioid overdose crisis.
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Massive Poppy Bust: Why Home-Grown Opium Is RareDespite a massive opioid-addiction epidemic, few people try to grow opium in the United States.
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Heroin Vaccine Could Turn Body's Defenses Against the DrugResearchers say they are one step closer to developing a vaccine that could block heroin's addictive high.
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FDA Asks Drug Company to Pull Painkiller in FirstThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today (June 8) that it has requested that Endo Pharmaceuticals, a drug company, remove the opioid painkiller Opana ER from the drug market.
