While it's next to impossible to know how many opioids entered the state illegally in 2023, we do know that just under 1.7 ...

A Republican-led bill to impose harsher sentences for people convicted of fentanyl-like drug crimes narrowly passed the House on Thursday evening, with 98 Democrats supporting the measure.

A new congressionally mandated report examines how opioid and benzodiazepine prescribing between 2007 and 2019 impacted all-cause mortality among veterans treated at the VHA.

The opioid crisis in Spokane County is escalating, according to data presented by Dr. Veena Singh from the Spokane County ...

Federal officials on Thursday approved a new type of pain drug designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. - Washington lawmakers heard testimony Thursday on two bills concerning the potential legalization of ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Journavx, a non-opioid painkiller that is the first novel pain drug to win government authorization in more than 20 years. Vertex ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials on Thursday approved a new type of pain pill designed to eliminate the risks of addiction and overdose associated with opioid medications like Vicodin and ...

Patrick Kennedy suggests Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would be open to use of addiction medications as well as "wellness farms" for ...

The Vertex drug is a milestone after a long history of unsuccessful efforts to develop painkillers without the addictive ...