opioid drug abuse

The opioid addiction crisis is getting worse, and it's often reported on in desperate terms. But to the people working on the front lines of the problem,…

NEW YORK — After a 12-year battle with debilitating abdominal conditions that forced her to stop working, marijuana has helped Lynn Sabulski feel well…

A proposal that would limit opioid prescriptions passed a Senate committee Wednesday. It is one of 15 measures authored by Sen. Jim Merritt that aim to…

MANCHESTER, Ky. — This economically depressed city in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains is an image of frozen-in-time decline: empty storefronts…

On his first day in office, Indiana’s new Republican governor, Eric Holcomb, signed an executive order creating a new state-level position to coordinate…

It took a lot of convincing for John Evard to go to rehab. Seven days into his stay at the Las Vegas Recovery Center, the nausea and aching muscles of…

A new study finds an alarming increase in the number of newborns dependent on drugs. The new research shows the number of newborns drug dependent…

Police departments in our region and around the country are scrambling to respond to the opioid addiction crisis. Many have added the overdose rescue…

In one of the first looks at privately insured patients with opioid problems, researchers paint a grim picture: Medical services for people with opioid…

Congress approved an amalgam of more than a dozen proposals that will expand access to medication-assisted treatment. It also will encourage police to send drug users to treatment rather than to jail.