Kratom comes from the leaves of Mitragyna speciosa, a tree found in Southeast Asia. For hundreds of years, people in Malaysia ...

CNN has been documenting illicit fentanyl users, most of whom are in recovery. The adversity they face, both physical and mental, is enormous. What does it even look like to recover from abusing a ...

House Bill 1326, which passed in 2022, lowered the threshold for felony charges to one gram from four grams of any drugs ...

Jules ChapmanLocal Journalism Initiative ReporterMegaphone MagazineI have been off methadone since April 13, 2024, and I feel ...

LOOKING at the grey, sunken-faced woman in the photograph, 34-year-old Chanel Walsh barely recognises herself. Five years ago ...

Medetomidine is used in veterinary medicine, often during surgery. It's becoming common in the city's drug supplies, and it ...

The Public Health Committee of the state legislature is advancing a bill proposal that could establish opioid overdose ...

Offering hospitalized patients who are struggling with opioid use disorder a medication to treat their addiction makes it ...

Offering hospitalized patients who are struggling with opioid use disorder a medication to treat their addiction makes it more likely that they will continue with follow-up care after they are ...

Her son, Luca, was born fairly healthy, Delles says. Like buprenorphine, methadone curbs cravings and eases withdrawal symptoms – and it is partially an opioid, which means Delles’ son would ...