A Martins Ferry doctor on Thursday received a seven-year federal prison sentence for his role in unlawfully distributing ...

A judge on Friday ordered a pharmaceutical company to pay $1.086 billion in criminal fines and $450 million in criminal ...

Two brothers from Connecticut have been charged with trafficking fentanyl and prescription pills received through the mail.

A Sarasota vet was arrested after police said she wrote prescriptions for animals and then picked them up from a pharmacy for ...

According to court documents, Haptonstall broke into former customers' homes after she no longer worked for the pharmacy and ...

Austin police are investigating a sudden surge in suspected opioid overdoses in the Texas capital, with dozens of reported ...

ABC News’ Dr. Jen Ashton discusses how the number of emergency visits among children for prescription opioids had decreased for a decade but increased between 2019 and 2020. A U.S. citizen has ...

A small increased risk of neuropsychiatric disorders was found among children exposed to prescription opioids during pregnancy compared with those not exposed, but the researchers interpret this ...

SEATTLE — The United States makes up around 4% of the world’s population, but it consumes more than 80% of the world’s opioids. Mothers Against Prescription Drug Abuse and Aleve have ...

Karin Kelly had hoped her daughter's arrests could be turning points. But Briana, who everyone called Cookie, cycled in and ...

He also suggested that naloxone be given out alongside prescription opioids, as in Australia, more people die from overdoses of prescribed opioids compared with illicit types.