Most people using opioids or injecting other drugs in rural areas had been homeless in the past six months, researchers found ...

Near a storefront advertising “free” cellphones in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, J.R. sat in an empty back stairwell and showed a reporter how he tries to avoid overdosing when he smokes crack cocaine. KFF ...

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Seattle officers arrested seven people in a narcotics operation on Friday, according to a Blotter post from the department.

He credits a new program that the counseling center started with opioid settlement ... programs that aim to stop people from developing substance use disorders. States committed, on average ...

Dozens of interviews, thousands of pages of documents, an array of public records requests, and outreach to all 50 states resulted ... such as denying people medications for opioid use disorder.

Here’s a look at the opioid crisis. Experts say the United States is in the throes of an opioid epidemic. An estimated 8.9 million Americans aged 12 and older misused opioids in 2023. Opioids are ...

Researchers have made some surprising breakthroughs in 2024 addiction research, benefitting addicts and their families, as ...

The number of people with chronic pain has increased substantially in recent years, and the reason isn’t completely clear. A ...

At its peak in 2012, Alabama had the highest rate of opioid prescription in the country with 143.8 prescriptions per 100 people.