opioids

The combination of fentanyl and the coronavirus pandemic have become primary drivers of overdose deaths in the United States.

The DEA is exacerbating the opioid epidemic by scaring pharmacies away from dispensing this medication when it's desperately needed.

At the Wright Center for Community Health, the Keystone Health Information Exchange (KeyHIE) immunization registry paved the way for strong...

The Hulu series dovetails with the broader reality KFF's journalists and analysts have been documenting in their work for the...

Opponents have deployed a novel strategy to shut them down: using environmental regulations to sue over needle waste.

In a decade-plus span McKinsey counted among its clients many of the country's biggest drug companies.

Despite widespread consensus on the importance of addiction treatment in the ER, many hospitals fail to screen for substance use.

A settlement is about to shield members of the Sackler family from civil litigation regarding their alleged roles in the...

Some in public health now argue that monitoring programs to cut off prescription opiate misuse, will push addicts to use...

Addicts often fall victim to two huge gaps in the U.S. healthcare system: a paucity of addiction treatment and high...

Drug use in the hip-hop community has an ever increasing presence that is intertwined with the music ? and one...

Experts fear that even a small increase in the inappropriate use of addictive pain pills will lead to a resurgence...