A Virginia Tech research team is working to develop a vaccine that could help stop opioid addiction.

SAFER PRESCRIPTION Pot’s pain-reducing properties could help address maladies that lead to opioid addiction. (Photo by NMK-Studio, Shutterstock) Despite a relative lack of scientific studies of ...

There’s a warning about a dangerous new synthetic opioid that’s said to be 10 times stronger than fentanyl. Several states, including California, have detected cychlorphine mixed with illegal street ...

Austin Shepard discusses his recent detox, medical emergency and recovery journey after revealing that he relapsed while filming a project connected to Love Island USA.

I don’t drink anymore. I don’t smoke anymore.” He might have shrugged it off, but reports accumulated in his clinic and ...

The device, which is cleared by the FDA for withdrawal mitigation from opioid use disorder, works by abating severe symptoms such as stomach aches, back aches, sweats, and the inability to keep food ...

Health insurance loss, changes "may undermine continuity of critical treatment," researche ...

In a prison system rife with drugs, a new civil rights lawsuit accuses the Missouri DOC of punishing people for addiction, rather than treating it.

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The latest figures on heroin show the number of first time users in this country has increased by 60 percent over the last decade to 156,000. Addiction experts say once hooked ...

State health officials have launched a system aimed at allowing the public track how local governments spend the almost $1 billion in opioid settlement funds they expect to receive by 2039.

Billy Idol admits he used crack to quit heroin addiction in shocking revelation on Bill Maher's podcast, saying the ...

In a revealing conversation on the March 2 episode of Club Random with Bill Maher, rock icon Billy Idol opened up about the ...