Or at least J.R. hoped it was cocaine, pure cocaine -- uncontaminated by fentanyl, a potent opioid that was linked to about ...

States are channeling funds into overdose response equipment, drug identification tools and community recovery initiatives ...

On Wednesday, the Grand Traverse County Board of Commissioners is expected to address the opioid issue when it establishes a ...

The money is part of $75 million in funds the state has received since 2022 from legal settlements with opioid makers, ...

In the past few years, state and local governments across the U.S. have begun spending billions in opioid settlements paid by ...

Rochester, N.Y. — The opioid crisis has taken countless lives and forever changed many others. Monday, Monroe County ...

The agreements require most of the money to be used to fight the crisis but offer great flexibility in how to do it. Christine Minhee of Opioid Settlement Tracker and Vital Strategies, a public ...

Virginia is at a crossroads in its efforts to reduce opioid overdose deaths. Thanks to actions taken over several years — ...

The opioid crisis is real, and addressing it is critical ... epidemic are illicit street drugs like fentanyl. While earlier waves of the opioid epidemic were driven by commonly prescribed opioids ...

The first wave of the long-running and devastating opioid epidemic began in the United ... Americans are disproportionately affected by this crisis to a large magnitude, especially in the Northeast." ...