Some medication assisted treatment programs utilize buprenorphine, a drug that controls opioid cravings. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) Help is available for those seeking to recover from opioid addiction ...

Two decades into an opioid crisis that has claimed more than 1 million American lives, policymakers are still searching for ways to reduce overdose deaths. They would do well to focus on jails and ...

“When effective medication-assisted treatment is made available, people’s lives can be saved,” said Markey, who introduced the bill in the Senate with Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. “Treatment for prescription ...

The next town hall is scheduled for July 31, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Patrick J. Baca Library, 8081 Central NW, and will be hosted by Commissioner Barbara Baca. The final town hall will be on Saturday, ...

This report is part of News4 and Telemundo 44’s Fighting Fentanyl series. Go here for full coverage. In her son Stafford’s empty bedroom, Liz Nibley dropped to her knees and prayed, “God, please keep ...

Opioid addiction and overdose has for years devastated individuals, families and communities in Orange County. But with progressive actions taken by county leaders and community partners armed with ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Opioids are currently the cause of more deaths in Cook County than homicides, with 9,791 deaths in the last six years. At Cook County Jail, behind locked doors, barricades, fences and ...

As the opioid epidemic continues raging, some advocates in Kentucky are pushing the state to explore a little-known psychedelic drug called ibogaine as a possible treatment option for addiction, a ...

A new federal report showing a dramatic drop in drug overdose deaths across the U.S. is welcome news for many Massachusetts addiction treatment providers, but they're concerned some of the same ...