Elected San Francisco leaders, public-health officials, substance-use experts and nonprofit heads have pledged renewed commitment to minimize racial disparities in fatal overdoses. The vow stemmed ...
U.S. Senators propose the Alternatives to PAIN Act to increase access to non-opioid pain treatments for seniors.
LICADD has been addressing substance use for nearly 70 years, but that fight is not stopping, nor is it's intensity lessening ...
an advocacy group pushing for an increased federal response to the opioid crisis. Flattery credits Kolodny with helping survivors deal with the devastating effects of their loss. “He has been an ...
The Sackler family and Purdue Pharma, the maker of the addictive painkiller oxycontin, have reached a $7.4 billion settlement ...
Dr. Darien Sutton explains why. The settlement is for the role they had in helping fuel the opioid crisis as federal prosecutors says the company "knew the risks." Madi lost her dad to an overdose ...
As we look toward the policies that will shape the next term of the Trump administration, one matter that demands attention is the opioid crisis — a scourge that has ravaged American communities.