Findings from postmarketing studies showed long-term opioid use was associated with serious risks including misuse, addiction, and overdose. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requiring ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Health has criminalized nitazenes, a class of synthetic opioids that can be even stronger than fentanyl, as overdose deaths in the state mount. Nitazenes are temporarily ...

The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) has issued its first official Drug Threat Notice, warning law ...

Newly released provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that fatal drug overdoses fell in 2025, marking three consecutive years of declines. By December 2025, ...

SALISBURY — Whether you call it addiction or substance use/abuse or dependence, the increase in abuse of opioid prescriptions and illicit drugs has hit Rowan County harder than many other counties in ...