opioid crisis

The giant retailer shipped billions of opioid pills to pharmacies nationwide. An NPR investigation found employees warned company executives their stores were being used by "pill mill" doctors.

Critics say the settlement doesn't hold company executives or members of the Sackler family accountable for their aggressive marketing of OxyContin, which helped fuel the nation's opioid epidemic.

On this Tuesday, July 21, episode of Sundial:Civilian Oversight Panel ProposalFor years, advocates have pushed for the creation of a civilian oversight…

Relaxed regulations in response to the pandemic means more access to addiction treatment medications. But recovery programs are accepting fewer people, and the danger of overdose remains high.

The disruption in the illegal opioid trade had varying impacts around the country. As stay-at-home orders lift, that creates different risks of overdose that public health is trying to manage.

The federal government has waived a law that required an in-person doctor's visit before patients could be prescribed drugs that quell withdrawal symptoms. That's a boon for patients, counselors say.

Asher Lieberman has been obsessed with diseases since he was little.He was inspired by a character on a TV show who was a doctor with the Centers for…

His sentencing is the culmination of a months-long criminal trial that resulted in the first successful prosecution of pharmaceutical executives tied to the opioid epidemic.

Florida schools could soon come equipped with the drug that reverses heroin overdoses.A bill under consideration in the state Legislature would allow…

A drug maker accused of using bribes and kickbacks to encourage doctors to prescribe a highly addictive opioid painkiller has won a partial reprieve in federal court.

Miami-Dade County Public Schools is opening a new front in the war against opioids, with a board member actively recruiting other urban school systems to…

From medical professionals to law enforcement to recovering addicts, the opioid crisis has affected people from all walks of life. At a University of...