opioid crisis

Once my doctor saw the results he changed his tune incredibly quickly.

The entire area was dark. As I approached my car I suddenly felt a man holding a knife against my neck.

One of the biggest problems with addiction is that people are very good at hiding it from themselves.

I just checked out of life completely. The withdrawals are unimaginable.

I never thought I'd see the day when we would deny people pain relief and they'd resort to suicide.

The constant gaslighting made me feel like my pain didn't count.

I had a terrible accident. Daily, I wished for the amputation of my legs.

Patients with legitimate medical needs are losing access to opioids while addiction and overdose rates continue to climb

A pain doctor cautions against "a blanket no" on opioids for all patients: "The pendulum has swung too far."

Losing her son to addiction turned this mother into an advocate for people with substance abuse disorders.

Xylazine has spread to 36 states as addicts use it to prolong their high.

Jennifer Hancock tells Newsweek about running treatment facilities where mothers live with their children, in this original essay.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is facing scrutiny about its efforts to reduce the supply of prescription opioids.

Researchers also found spikes in fentanyl and amphetamines by examining the town's sewage.

"With increasing medical marijuana legalization, marijuana may be substituting for opioids for cancer-related pain," a researcher said.

According to the CDC, "overdose deaths involving opioids increased from an estimated 70,029 in 2020 to 80,816 in 2021."

The Grammy-winning hip hop star and designer is in hot water for claiming Floyd died as a result of having an opiate in his blood, a substantiated claim.

Rainbow fentanyl—regular fentanyl dyed with food coloring—is an opioid drug responsible for 80 per cent of all overdose deaths in New York City.

"China is a well-intentioned and sincere partner ready for international cooperation and for global co-governance on counter-narcotics," Ambassador Qin said.

Conway criticized Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman for hanging a marijuana flag amid the opioid crisis in the U.S.

Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, is around 50 times more potent than heroin, and 100 times more powerful than morphine.

The pandemic exposed deep inequities that persist in our health care system, and the opioid crisis is no different.

A Reddit user seeking advice explained her brother had died of an overdose before his girlfriend announced she was pregnant and wanted financial help.

Kratom, an herbal drug that is gaining popularity in the U.S., is similar to CBD in many ways but affects different parts of the brain.

Andrea Thomas, co-founder of the Facing Fentanyl organization, told Newsweek that Biden needs to "alert people to this danger" associated with illicit fentanyl.

"We never manufactured or marketed opioids, nor did we distribute them to the 'pill mills' and internet pharmacies that fueled this crisis," Walgreens said.

The internet has praised a man for administering life-saving first aid on his way to work—and slammed his employer's decision to let him go.

Drug consumption sites are not a panacea, and an inordinate amount of time and money has been spent litigating their utility rather than implementing more effective and cheaper policies.

Police found over 100 suspected fentanyl pills, two handguns, and various types of ammunition at Melissa Harloam-Garrison's on-campus home.

While the media & the DOJ focus on scandal, reparative justice remains elusive.