The money will pay for efforts to prevent and treat opioid addiction, or fund services that help people in recovery.

Oregon has allocated $5.1 million from state opioid crisis settlement funds for harm reduction programs through the Oregon Health Authority, OHA announced Thursday.

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.

Gatesville is the latest city to join Texas in an $83 million opioid settlement with Kroger. The settlement is expected to ...

Emporia State Associated Student Government and The Honors College held their second annual Naloxone training on Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 5:30 p.m. in the Memorial Union Preston Room. ASG’s Diversity, ...

There are widespread objections to embedding social workers with police—and to using opioid settlement funds to increase police budgets.

Naloxone is a fantastic tool in reducing opioid deaths, but gentler versions would be helpful for fighting overdose ...

The number of overdose deaths in Frederick County dropped from 48 in 2023 to 33 in 2024 — a decrease of about 31% — ...

The Williams County Health Department is using the state’s Project DAWN (Deaths Avoided With Naloxone) to help local first ...

In 2024, Broome County saw a total of 48 suspected fatal overdoses and 219 suspected non-fatal opioid overdoses. But Truth Pharm's Naloxbox Program has given free access to fight those numbers. "We ...

The Kane County Health Department, in collaboration with Advocate Sherman Hospital and Rush Copley Medical Center, is ...

A fifth healthcare kiosk in Mobile County will be added in Citronelle on Tuesday, Feb. 11, according to the Mobile County ...