Vending machines throughout Denver have distributed more than 1,800 free boxes of the overdose reversal medication naloxone since they debuted in April.

CHICAGO Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced that 55 attorneys general, representing all eligible states and U.S. territories, agreed to sign on to ...

By Joshua Rivera. Opioid usage is an alarming crisis that affects our communities, and teenagers are at risk more than ever. Too often, people underestimate the drug’s potency, even though, according ...

To address this gap, we analyzed US opioid overdose deaths by region, finding that opioid-related mortality increased in the western US despite a decrease in other regions between 2022 and 2023.

National Prevention Week: Illicit opioid use may have been significantly undercounted. It’s National Prevention Week, a time to focus on preventing substance use and promoting mental health. By ...

The opioid crisis continues to impact western Massachusetts, ... call the 24/7 National Drug Helpline at 1-844-289-0879. Local News Headlines.

Opioids are also available illegally as heroin, prescription pills, ... National Helpline, 1-800-662-HELP (4357), or find resources through your local county government.

In Massachusetts, calls to the state’s gambling helpline surged in the months after sports betting was legalized. The helpline received 3,050 calls in fiscal year 2023, which included the first ...

Opioids remain a national crisis. FILE: Signs are displayed at a tent during a health event, June 26, 2021, in Charleston, W.Va., Naloxone is a drug that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose ...

In their 2016 New England Journal of Medicine article on opioids, Dr. Nora Volkow, M.D., director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and Dr. A. Thomas McLellan, Ph.D., who served as ...

Montana to receive $16 million from national opioid settlement . by NBC Montana Staff. Tue, January 28th 2025 at 9:33 PM. Updated Wed, January 29th 2025 at 10:12 PM. Gavel (Getty Images) ...

Purdue Pharma and its Sackler family owners have reached a new $7.4 billion settlement to resolve thousands of lawsuits alleging that the pain medication OxyContin caused a widespread opioid ...