How Portugal eased its opioid epidemic, while U.S. drug deaths skyrocketed
Talk to people addicted to street drugs in Lisbon, Portugal's capital, and you hear confusion and di...
Brian Mann
With opioid deaths soaring, Biden administration will widen access to methadone
As drug deaths surged above 112,000 a year in the U.S., driven by the spread of the synthetic opioid...
In 2023 fentanyl overdoses ravaged the U.S. and fueled a new culture war fight
When the history of the fentanyl crisis is written, 2023 may be remembered as the year Americans wok...
A naturalist finds hope despite climate change in an era he calls 'The End of Eden'
On a chilly morning this fall, Adam Welz wades through chest high grass in New York state's Adironda...
One woman's controversial fight to make America accept drug users for who they are
When Louise Vincent was introduced at a drug policy conference last month in Phoenix, the huge crowd...
Trump's N.Y. business empire is 'greatly at risk' from judge's fraud ruling
New York City — Donald J. Trump's sprawling web of businesses in New York faces grave danger and cou...
Supreme Court temporarily blocks $6 billion Purdue Pharma-Sackler bankruptcy
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review a controversial bankruptcy case involving Purdue Pharma,...
Only 1 in 5 people with opioid addiction get the medications to treat it, study finds
Imagine if during a deadly public health crisis, 80% of Americans weren't able to get safe, effectiv...
Politicians want cop crackdowns on drug dealers. Experts say tough tactics cost lives
A growing coalition of U.S. politicians want tougher police tactics used against gangs now selling f...
Overdose deaths involving street xylazine surged years earlier than reported
A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Friday found the street dru...
Drugmaker Mallinckrodt may renege on $1.7 billion opioid settlement
The generic drugmaker Mallinckrodt says the company's board might not make a $200 million opioid set...
Addiction drug maker will pay more than $102 million fine for stifling competition
The maker of an important addiction treatment medication has agreed to pay $102 million dollars to s...
A landmark appeals court ruling clears way for Purdue Pharma-Sackler bankruptcy deal
In a landmark ruling Tuesday, a federal appeals court in New York cleared the way for a bankruptcy d...
DEA moves to revoke major drug distributor's license over opioid crisis failures
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration says it will strip one of the nation's largest drug distrib...
Cops say they're being poisoned by fentanyl. Experts say the risk is 'extremely low'
Last December, Officer Courtney Bannick was on the job for the Tavares, Fla., police department when...
Remembering America's first social network: the landline telephone
As Peter Amstein squeezes through a warren of equipment racks draped with wire and crammed with whir...
Biden administration says fentanyl-xylazine cocktail is a deadly national threat
The U.S. government issued a grave new warning Wednesday about a cocktail of illegal street drugs ma...
Opioids are devastating Cherokee families. The tribe has a $100 million plan to heal
Late one afternoon, Mazzy Walker gives a tour of her family's farm near Tahlequah, Okla., capital of...
Some Mexican pharmacies sell pills laced with deadly fentanyl to U.S. travelers
Some Mexican pharmacies that cater to U.S. tourists are selling medications that appear safe but are...
Mexico's leader denies his country's role in fentanyl crisis. Republicans are furious
Republican lawmakers in the U.S. reacted with outrage Friday to Mexican President Andrés Manuel Lópe...
Politicians say they'll stop fentanyl smugglers. Experts say new drug war won't work
President Biden said this weekend that he wants to launch a "major surge to stop fentanyl production...
Social media platforms face pressure to stop online drug dealers who target kids
Three years ago Amy Neville went to her son Alex's bedroom and found the 14-year-old lying dead on a...
Novelist Russell Banks, dead at age 82, found the mythical in marginal lives
American novelist and activist Russell Banks died on Sunday of cancer at the age of 82. Banks built ...
Feds sue AmerisourceBergen over 'hundreds of thousands' of alleged opioid violations
The U.S. Justice Department is suing one of the nation's largest corporations, drug wholesaler Ameri...
People addicted to opioids rarely get life-saving medications. That may change.
Doctors and researchers have known for decades that safe, easy-to-use medications are a game-changer...
A major drugmaker plans to sell overdose-reversal nasal spray Narcan over the counter
Drug maker Emergent BioSolutions is seeking approval from the Food and Drug Administration to sell N...
How one artist took on the Sacklers and shook their reputation in the art world
The first couple times I talked with photographer Nan Goldin, I saw her rage and frustration over th...
In close races, Republicans attack Democrats over fentanyl and the overdose crisis
On a recent evening, Ryan Hampton stood in front of a crowd of people in Spokane, Wash., urging them...
As drug deaths surge, one answer might be helping people get high more safely
OTTAWA, Ontario — On a weekday afternoon, Max — who didn't want his last name used — sat on a plasti...
Is 'rainbow fentanyl' a threat to your kids this Halloween? Experts say no
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has been raising a terrifying alarm in recent weeks. Accord...