Healthcare staff are being left to deal with the “human cost” of abuse of opioids, some of which are more potent than heroin, nurses have warned. Drugs such as nitazenes and fentanyl carry a higher ...

The opioid crisis, increasingly driven by synthetic opioids, continues to claim tens of thousands of lives annually in the US ...

The nonprofit organization and mental health service Unspoken Truth is working with Ray's Unlimited and Sanford Medical Center in Luverne to bring a 'Save a Life' event to Worthington at 6:30 p.m. May ...

The Stanislaus County District Attorney’s Office said the county saw a “spike” in suspected overdoses and poisonings over the weekend. According to the DA’s ...

Developed by Q2i's contingency management division, NALCAM uses motivational incentives to encourage individuals to carry ...

Despite the White House naming overdose prevention among its top drug policy priorities, a recently leaked federal budget proposal suggests it would cut a program that directly expands access to ...

While well-intentioned, Scott L. Bohn’s op-ed “Equipping first responders for the age of synthetic opioids” (April 28, TribLive) calling for expanded use of high dose and long-lasting opioid overdose ...

The Allentown Health Bureau announced it has installed two naloxone pole boxes to help save lives and respond to the opioid ...

The Trump administration has proposed cutting a $56 million grant that teaches first responders how to use the lifesaving ...

So we wanted people to be able to discreetly have access to it," says a Broward Sheriff's Office official about ...

While the Department of Human Services reported a major decrease in drug overdose deaths statewide, the Trump administration may take one life saving tool away. “One of our core tenants or strategies, ...

Vending machines stocked with naloxone were installed in public areas of the Broward Sheriff’s Office’s four jails and the ...