August 15 2021 Overdoses deaths have continued to rise and be more prevalent than in 2020. e.

August 31, 2020 The rate of opioid overdoses, already an epidemic in the US, have continued to trend up and the way to combat more deaths...

September 1, 2020 A year after he died, the Angels pitcher's widow and mother open up on his death and how they're coming to terms with...

August 17, 2020 U.S. states claimed they are owed $2.2 trillion to address harm from OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP’s alleged role in...

August 7, 2020 Eric Kay, a former Angels public relations employee, was charged by federal authorities in Texas with distributing fentanyl.

July 28, 2020 Drug overdose cases and deaths are on the rise in dozens of states, and authorities in one Florida county say they believe...

July 22, 2020 The billionaire Sacklers who own Purdue Pharma, maker of the OxyContin painkiller that helped fuel America’s opioid...

July 17, 2020 Despite widespread devastation caused by America's opioid epidemic, an investigation by NPR found that doctors and other...

July 1, 2020 Suspected overdoses nationally jumped 18 percent in March, 29 percent in April and 42 percent in May, data from ambulance...

April 21, 2020 Once discharged, I realized how the beginning of my sobriety would go: no hugs from friends and family, no AA meetings in...

March 27, 2020 The US was already grappling with an epidemic of opioid overdoses. People in recovery say the coronavirus outbreak has...

March 27, 2020 Suboxone, a combination of buprenorphine and naloxone, helps many people addicted to opioids wean themselves from an...

April 2, 2020 The National Institute on Drug Abuse director warns the coronavirus could increase the pressure to use, cause complicated...

January 23, 2020 Former billionaire and pharmaceutical executive John Kapoor has been sentenced to five years and six months in prison....

January 20, 2020 Doctors have been increasingly prescribing benzodiazepines, also known as "benzos," in recent years. Looking at data...

December 30, 2019 This story follows Dr. Angela Gatzke-Plamann a family practice doctor who was confronted with the opioid crisis locally...

December 23, 2019 A new analysis of overdose data shows when and where the three waves of drugs took hold.

December 4, 2019 Today’s meth is far more potent than earlier versions, but because it isn’t an opioid, many federal addiction treatment...

September 4, 2019 Ben Westhoff, says fentanyl is now killing more Americans annually than any other drug in American history. Dealers are...

August 26, 2019 The judge presiding over the historic Oklahoma opioid trial will deliver his ruling Monday afternoon -- a decision that...