For opiate addicts, it can be easier to find a doctor to prescribe high-potency pain pills -- opiates that feed their addiction -- than it is to find a doctor to dispense a pill that helps them stop ...

Archaeologists and toxicologists are revisiting a provocative idea about life along the Nile: that ancient Egyptians may have ...

The Mower County Opioid Advisory Committee hosted an open meeting Thursday night to discuss newly funded projects for 2025 ...

It’s an old story but a very sad one. A celebrity is rumored to have died of a drug overdose and the world mourns. And, of course, media outlets and the public in general become aware—ever so ...

An ancient alabaster vase from Yale’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opium, offering the strongest evidence yet ...

Twenty-four percent of US adolescent treatment centers do not use a “lifesaving” medication. An article appeared today in the Journal of the American Medical Association titled “Treatments Used Among ...

Kevin had been addicted to heroin for six years when he used marijuana to complete his final detox 20 years ago. Searing back pain, restless legs, nausea, and sleepless nights—the tortuous symptoms of ...

A study published in the British Medical Journal by researchers at Yale University and the University of California, Davis, reveals a connection between prevalence of cannabis dispensaries and a drop ...

Scientists have found traces of ancient opiates in the residue lining an Egyptian alabaster vase, indicating that opiate use ...