Opioids

Drug overdose deaths among U.S. teens edged upward in 2015, after declining for several years prior, according a new report.

President Donald Trump has declared the opioid epidemic a "national emergency," but could this declaration really help address the crisis?

The number of people dying from opioid overdose continues to rise, in part because of cheap street drugs. Yet the price of a drug used to treat addiction is out of reach for many.

Most patients who are prescribed opioids after surgery don't take all of the prescribed pills, leaving leftover opioids that could be used inappropriately, a new review of studies finds.

Too many Americans are prescribed too many opioids for too long, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Rolling back protections from federal interference in state legalization laws could worsen the opioid overdose crisis.

Despite a massive opioid-addiction epidemic, few people try to grow opium in the United States.

Researchers say they are one step closer to developing a vaccine that could block heroin's addictive high.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today (June 8) that it has requested that Endo Pharmaceuticals, a drug company, remove the opioid painkiller Opana ER from the drug market.

Scientists find that pain receptors can hide inside cells; but they can still find them and deactivate them, which may lead to better pain medication.