On Friday it will be one year since Recovery Works Northwest opened a detox center in Portland. According to its director of engagement, it’s the only measure 1 ...

Drug overdose is the leading cause of injury deaths in young adults in the United States, with fentanyl causing over 70,000 ...

As access to buprenorphine improves, so does our understanding of pediatric addiction. This has led to new ways to use ...

An industrial chemical used in plastic products has been cropping up in illegal drugs from California to Maine.

AltaPointe says in the past year they’ve seen almost 900 people come to the Behavioral Crisis Center with some kind of ...

Narcan only reverses the effect of an opiate in an overdose situation. If someone has overdosed on a different drug or a ...

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has unveiled his public health priorities for the 2025 budget. He proposes tripling the amount of ...

In just a few years, the powerful synthetic painkiller fentanyl has almost entirely replaced heroin as the dominant opioid in ...

Las Cruces Police hosted a town hall recently, which included information regarding effects of fentanyl and methamphetamine in Las Cruces.

"We've seen so many young people lose their lives needlessly because this resource isn't available," said David Burke, ...

As increasing numbers of people nationwide have overdosed on fentanyl, the issue of the “fentanyl crisis” has garnered mass ...