Interior Health has issued a drug alert for Kamloops, warning about counterfeit Percocet tablets that contain fentanyl. The health authority said the tablets are white, stamped with TEC on one side ...

Middletown police allege that a 55-year-old man gave his prescription methadone to a woman last year, leading to her death.

Purdue was instrumental in creating the US opioid crisis via aggressive marketing that did not reflect the true addiction ...

Shares of Vertex Pharmaceuticals gained about 6% Friday morning, after the pharmaceutical company won U.S. approval for the ...

Police responded to a home in Langhorne, Middletown Township, on June 4 after a 911 caller said his girlfriend had passed away.

The San Francisco Giants pitcher on Friday spoke to students at Whitney High School in Rocklin, a campus his cousin once attended, to talk about the dangers of fentanyl, an addictive synthetic opioid.

Despite a recently-agreed $7.4 billion settlement, the Sackler family has yet to fully account for its role in America's ...

Placer County District Attorney Morgan Gire had few details to add following the arraignment of Christopher Kegan Williams in Placer Superior Court in Roseville on Wednesday. Williams is charged with ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KSNB) - Two Omaha men have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a series of pharmacy burglaries across Nebraska, the Department of Justice announced.

acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith said Joan Rubinger traveled the country and sold drugs such as Oxycodone, Percocet, Xanax, and Adderall to customers who paid with cash or on Venmo.

As with climate change, why are we so slow to recognise the existential threat that drug use poses to humanity?

A new painkiller that is said to be free of addiction risks may be transformative for treatment of acute pain, according to ...