The documentary, produced by the FBI and the DEA, is scary, graphic and difficult to watch by design. Opioid abuse in the United States is an epidemic -- nearly 35,000 people died from an opiate ...

America’s overdose crisis isn’t the simple story we’ve been told for years. A new investigation reveals how two key graphs — ...

Opioid overdoses kill more than three Arizonans every day. Luckily, we have an effective treatment: buprenorphine and methadone, collectively referred to as medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD).

GARNER | At 1 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 29, the documentary, “Written Off” will be shown at the Avery Theater in Garner. Doors open at 12 p.m. The film chronicles the life of Matthew Edwards, whose ...

If a person has major surgery chances are they were prescribed opioids. Hydrocodone, oxycodone, methadone and many others are all different types of opioids typically prescribed by doctors to treat ...

Hundreds of people are on a waitlist for opioid addiction treatment in Los Angeles County jails as the state presses the system to reduce overdoses and in-custody deaths.

When my grandchild was born, I had no idea that my life as I knew it would change forever. My instincts told me there was something wrong, yet my limited understanding of opioid abuse made it ...