opioid crisis

In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, the Department of Justice accused Walmart of being a reckless drug peddler who put…

The “Empire of Pain” and the family that profited from it scored a sick joke of a settlement with the Department of…

The covid-19 pandemic isn’t the only public health crisis the U.S. is currently dealing with, as new government data…

The covid-19 pandemic is turning daily pick-ups into an acute public health crisis. There’s a better way.

This week saw the comings and goings of another Consumer Electronics Show along with every oddity and wonder we’ve…

In November 2018, the Food and Drug Administration approved America’s newest opioid, a formulation of sufentanil…

Activists and lawmakers in New York are furious over a New Year’s Eve decision by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to…

A new study this week highlights a unique, long-spanning crisis among Americans. For decades, it suggests, the U.S.…

On Wednesday, a federal judge struck down the U.S. government’s attempt to stop the development of the country’s…

Purdue Pharma, the drug company that makes the controversial pain medication OxyContin, filed for bankruptcy…

Purdue Pharma, the Oxycontin manufacturer that largely fueled the opioid crisis, reached a tentative settlement with…

On Monday, an Oklahoma judge found Johnson & Johnson culpable for having sparked growing rates of opioid misuse and…

An outbreak of a rare infection at a western New York hospital in 2018 was sparked by a nurse’s opioid use disorder,…

There have been few glimmers of hope when it comes to the opioid crisis. But a new report this week from the Centers…

Federal officials have indicted two former executives at the pharmaceutical wholesaler Miami-Luken for allegedly…

The herbal remedy kratom, often touted as an alternative treatment for opioid withdrawal or chronic pain, is in for…

The Food and Drug Administration is still pressing down hard on kratom—the plant treatment that adherents say has…

A new study seems to deal a serious blow to one of the pro-cannabis movement’s talking points: the idea that the…

A new study out Tuesday is the latest to suggest that cannabis—or at least a key ingredient of it—might help people…

Federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges against drug distributor Rochester Drug Cooperative (RDC) and two of…