A Cleveland mother is sharing her story one year after her son died from an overdose involving a synthetic opioid — more ...

City officials announced more than half a million dollars in opioid settlement money has been allocated to initiatives in the ...

Opioids affect both the gut and the immune system, said Summer Thompson, an assistant professor studying gut-brain ...

Researchers at USF Health are making dramatic strides in understanding how new opioid compounds work inside the body to ...

Burnout and low wages make it difficult to recruit and retain addiction recovery counselors. But those who do enter the field ...

The funding will help support paid internships for students working towards future careers in drug and alcohol treatment. It ...

The additional funding will help provide education and vocational training to students who may have struggled with addiction, ...

The endowed professorship is combined with a one-to-one match from the Aspire Fund Challenge, a $50 million grant program ...

Citing their highly addictive properties and strong withdrawal issues, Utah lawmakers will consider banning a ...

An Orange County jury must sift through two months of evidence and testimony that provided a rare look at the darker side of ...

Extended-release buprenorphine is approved as a once-monthly subcutaneous injection for the treatment of moderate-to-severe ...

Fentanyl is a highly potent synthetic opioid drug that has a legitimate use in painkilling--such as in advanced cancer--as ...