Older adults in New Jersey recorded the highest number of suspected overdose deaths in 2025, according to the New Jersey ...

Multiple states have raised the alarm in the past month about cychlorphine, a synthetic opioid tied to several dozen recent overdoses that is far stronger than fentanyl. Cychlorphine is part of a new ...

Overdose deaths from opioids rose in Colorado, diverging from the national trend, which has been decreasing, according to a new study from a think tank.

Patients who are prescribed higher daily doses of the medication buprenorphine for opioid use disorder are significantly more ...

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. The Food and Drug Administration will soon require prescription opioid manufacturers to include stronger language on the medications’ labels ...

Infants exposed to opioids and psychotropic drugs during pregnancy have a 30% to 60% higher risk of experiencing neonatal withdrawal, a study has found. That risk doubles when multiple psychotropic ...

There’s a warning about a dangerous new synthetic opioid that’s said to be 10 times stronger than fentanyl. Several states, including California, have detected cychlorphine mixed with illegal street ...

A new opioid-free pain medication was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday, marking a non-addictive alternative for patients. Journavx (suzetrigine), made by Vertex, is ...

A patient waits for assistance at the makeshift street medicine clinic at the Union Street Brick Church in Bangor in September. The street medicine team has seen an increase in older adults doing ...

In a clinical trial, a research team found that administering weekly injectable extended-release buprenorphine for treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) during pregnancy led to higher rates of ...

Twenty-two inmates at Airway Heights Corrections Center were determined to be under the influence of drugs since Friday, with eight of them given Narcan for a possible overdose, according to ...