The CDC alerts the public about the reemergence of carfentanil, a synthetic opioid 100 times more potent than fentanyl, ...

Calcasieu Correctional Center booking report for Dec. 11, 2024. Tamera Michelle Ladnier, 51, Lake Charles: Possession of a ...

A Fairland man was taken into custody after a month-long investigation into reported drug dealing in Shelby County. According ...

Finland has the unenviable record of its users dying about 10 years younger than the average age for addicts in the EU bloc ...

The Alternatives to Prevent Addiction in the Nation — or Alternatives to PAIN Act (HR 7142/S.3832) — introduced early this ...

FRIDAY, Dec. 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- In news that suggest the U.S. opioid epidemic may be easing, drug overdose deaths ...

The Shelby County Drug Task Force, in collaboration with the Shelbyville Police Department, has arrested 46-year-old Michael ...

The author of the new book "Policing Patients" talks opioid surveillance and the distortion of doctors' and pharmacists' ...

Hassad, has been convicted of illegally prescribing oxycodone and faces up to 20 years per count on eight counts.

A Dunkirk man with an active arrest warrant for third-degree criminal possession of a weapon is facing additional charges after an arrest last month. City police reported Thursday that Fernando ...

Researcher Ming-Fen Ho wanted to discover better drugs to treat alcohol and opioid addiction. So she started growing ...

Members of the Biden White House celebrated the report but said there's still more work to be done to further reduce overdose ...