A new study led by researchers at the University of Toronto's Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy and Unity Health Toronto shows ...

Scientists have known for decades that opioids relieve pain by binding to molecular switches in the brain called mu-opioid ...

A class of synthetic drugs called nitazines have been around since the 1950s — but are quickly gaining a foothold in street drugs.

Scientists have known for decades that opioids relieve pain by binding to molecular switches in the brain called mu-opioid ...

DEA agent said the drug dealers in Washington Square Park use advanced strategies to sell the stuff and elude police: “They ...

The Democrats weakened the borders, allowing Mexican drug cartels to smuggle fentanyl into the United States, where it ...

Falling overdose numbers don’t tell the whole story. Survivors and local experts warn the drug crisis still touches every ...

The group of researchers were the first to take snapshots of the moment naloxone reverses an opioid overdose in the brain.

A bankruptcy court judge has approved the settlement of thousands of lawsuits against Purdue Pharma, maker of the powerful ...

From R&B concerts in New Jersey to a 1950s sock hop in Connecticut, new data shows wide variation in how governments are ...

Local governments have a lot of freedom on how to spend the funds, but there’s also confusion and a feeling of moral responsibility to spend wisely after so many lives have been lost.