Guest essayist Judge Frank Forchione laments that Stark County opioid deaths have "continued to spiral upward." ...

The federal government has long sought to prevent the horrors of drug addiction by interdicting the supply of dangerous ...

The opioid crisis in 2023, amid the Biden administration, cost the U.S. $2.7 trillion, according to a Council of Economic ...

Community collaboration, harm reduction models and policy changes can ease the burden on EMS workers and improve patient ...

During the most severe period of the opioid crisis, in 2022 and 2023 ... told NPR these measures were finally squeezing the ...

U.S. Senators propose the Alternatives to PAIN Act to increase access to non-opioid pain treatments for seniors.

The opioid epidemic costs the U.S. over $1.5 trillion annually, overloading hospitals, public health systems, and law ...

LICADD has been addressing substance use for nearly 70 years, but that fight is not stopping, nor is it's intensity lessening ...

The Crisis Center of Tampa Bay launched a free week-long program that medically assists overdose patients while they detox ...

For those most impacted and waiting for justice, 2025 can be a year of accountability. Here are two databases to track the ...

Now a third option is available after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week approved Vertex Pharmaceuticals’ ...