Purple flags, representing the nearly 300 Mecklenburg County residents who died of opioid overdose in 2023, fluttered in the humid breeze last August in recognition of International Overdose Awareness ...

NIH-supported clinical trial shows AI tool as effective as healthcare providers in generating referrals to addiction ...

Has the time finally arrived to challenge prevailing federal law in an effort to save addicts’ lives? Among the priorities of ...

Over 12,500 Utah lives have been saved by the opioid overdose-reversing drug naloxone since 2014. A lot of that is thanks to ...

A new study shows that using artificial intelligence (AI) to screen hospital patients for opioid addiction can help doctors identify those in need of addiction care and reduce the chances of patients ...

David Siegel, the founder of Orlando-based Westgate Resorts who fought the opioid epidemic after his daughter overdosed, died ...

Westgate Resorts founder David Siegel dies at 89, leaving a legacy in timeshare business and opioid crisis activism.

Using opioid settlement dollars, the county will provide Sublocade to help inmates with opioid addiction as they transition ...

Investigators say Steven Ramirez, who died at a Central Fire Protection District station, died from fentanyl-laced opioid.

Former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema told an Arizona House panel in February she's pushing for clinical trials on ibogaine as part of a ...

GoLocal interviewed Dr. Philip Chan, who discusses the past twenty-year fight against drug addiction, what is working, and the threats.

Without proper follow ups, managing pain long term — especially once doctors stop prescribing said drugs — can turn patients towards other substances.