In the 1980s and 90s, pharmaceutical companies began to market opioid painkillers aggressively, while actively downplaying their addictive potential. The number of prescriptions skyrocketed, and so ...

OH, a potent opioid compound, has recently been linked with addiction and overdose deaths across the nation. Here's what you ...

Despite the so-called 'explosion' of cocaine use throughout Ireland, heroin addiction remains the biggest problem in the country's dedicated treatment centres. In fact, cocaine only ranks third, ...

The UK is the "addiction capital of Europe", with some of its highest rates of opiate addiction and dependence on alcohol, a major new report warns. Alcohol and drug abuse costs the UK £21bn and £15bn ...

Cass County Health Department is reestablishing a substance use treatment program and is accepting new patients.

Peter Mougey, a lead plaintiffs attorney in the opioid multidistrict litigation, said of Suboxone patients: "Their teeth are falling out of their mouths." Six years after suing pharmaceutical firms ...

Melissa Etheridge has opened up about coping with her son’s death. The Grammy winning singer, 62, lost her oldest son, Beckett Cypher, at 21 in 2020 from causes related to opioid addiction. In May ...