Tagged With Opioids

Federal prosecutors charged Ohio opioid distributor that sent 6 million pain pills to small town

Ellen Cranley

New federal data exposes how America's largest drug companies flooded the country with 76 billion opioid pills in a seven-year period

Joseph Zeballos-Roig

Elizabeth Warren is picking a fight with the billionaire family that is accused of deceptively marketing opioids like OxyContin

Eliza Relman

Elizabeth Warren proposes paying for an ambitious plan to spend $100 billion fighting the opioid crisis with her new tax on the ultra-rich

Eliza Relman

People in the US are more likely to die from opioid overdose than car accidents, according to new reports

Julia Naftulin

A former opioid addict opened a 'church' that provides users with needles for drug use. Here's why that's more helpful than you may think.

Julia Naftulin

A ruling is imminent on the legality of a controversial drug that's used to treat addiction — but some have called it a 'dangerous opioid'

Erin Brodwin

'Engineering overkill': A potent new drug '1,000 times stronger than morphine' is trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist, doctors say

Erin Brodwin

Most rehabs don't offer a science-backed treatment for drug addiction. A new initiative aims to change that.

Erin Brodwin

Doctors are calling out a new drug that helps people with addiction for costing more than $1,700 a week — while a generic costs just $1

Erin Brodwin

A mysterious supplement has a viral following of people who take it for addiction — and researchers say it's too compelling to ignore

Erin Brodwin

What 5 popular drugs including weed and booze do to your body and brain

Erin Brodwin, Samantha Lee

A pharmacy startup is alleging its former business partner is a 'peddler of opioids'

Lydia Ramsey

The first drug for opioid withdrawal has gotten the green light -- and it targets risky symptoms that others ignore

Erin Brodwin

There's a science-backed treatment for drug addiction that works -- but it's nearly impossible to get

Erin Brodwin

A mysterious 'supplement' with a viral following has been linked to salmonella -- and the outbreak is still spreading

Erin Brodwin

Trump will reportedly unveil a plan to combat the opioid crisis that includes the death penalty for drug dealers

Bob Bryan

A deadly drug epidemic sweeping the US has caused ER visits for overdoses to jump 30%

Erin Brodwin

Trump administration says it's 'concerned' about opioid crisis that 'exploded' under Obamacare

Bob Bryan

A mysterious supplement with a viral following has been officially declared an opioid by the FDA

Erin Brodwin