A $56 million grant to train emergency responders and supply them with the overdose reversal spray, plus other programs that ...

MANY people in local communities turn to specific illicit drugs because they enjoy the feelings these substances induce. For ...

Narcan – known generically as naloxone – is a nasal spray that works to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose in two to ...

In a speech in Nashville, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that his policy perspectives are influenced by the 14-year heroin ...

But buprenorphine’s strength as a treatment is also a weakness. Buprenorphine is an opioid. Like methadone, the tightly ...

Health experts and law enforcement officials say concerns are growing as methamphetamine overdoses surge in Maine.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a personal story of his own heroin addiction and recovery ...

An animal tranquilizer is the new drug on the street in. Medetomidine is not approved for human use, but doctors say people ...

The family announced the cause of death as cardiac arrest caused by the effects of ... a substance abuse charity, to help raise awareness and tackle stigma around drug use. According to UK ...

A preclinical study finds that a drug already FDA-approved for treating inflammatory conditions may help reduce both alcohol intake and pain sensitivity -- two issues that commonly co-occur with ...

Trauma Services reports that fentanyl has turned into a crisis for first responders, property managers, and maintenance ...