As a pharmacist for HCMC and Hennepin emergency services, Holly Drone has seen a lot. But when Drone described the pain of opiate withdrawal on patients, she turned to her clients’ and co-workers’ ...

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. (WPVI) -- Last month, the FDA approved a new treatment to help people battling with opioid addiction, specifically for people in long-term recovery programs. Some in our area were ...

The rise in the number of women seeking help comes at a time when Western New York hospitals are seeing more babies born addicted to opiates. The state Health Department has determined that as many as ...

When addressing the devastating effects of opioid addiction, State Rep. Aaron Kaufer remembers having a “light bulb moment” that shaped his thinking. “A young man came into my office, high and looking ...

Why? People have discovered the pain relief benefits of Kratom and how it can aid weaning off other, stronger, substances like Opiates. Still not entirely sure what Kratom is, or how on earth its ...

A new study published in Translational Psychiatry provides evidence that chronic heroin addiction impairs the neural networks ...

Before she was an opiate addict with three children in state custody, before she realized that years of drug use had taken a devastating toll on her life, Amy Johnson was a committed stay-at-home mom, ...

The growing availability of heroin, combined with programs aimed at curbing prescription painkiller abuse, may be changing the face of opiate addiction in the U.S., according to sociologists. While ...

SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – Spartanburg County ranks fifth out of all 43 counties in the state for most prescribed opioid addiction prescriptions dispensed according to the South Carolina ...