The Global Kratom Coalition (GKC) today commended the Riverside County Board of Supervisors for taking decisive action to protect public health by banning concentrated synthetic 7-hydroxymitragynine ...

Incident highlights dangers of illegal concentrated synthetic 7-OH opioid products misrepresented as natural kratom; Georgia law already bans such products ...

The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services is ramping up efforts to help communities fight the opioid crisis.

The Chatham-Kent Public Health Unit is sounding the alarm after a sharp increase in suspected opioid poisonings this month, part of a troubling pattern seen across Ontario amid an increasingly ...

Missouri health officials released a warning about an unregulated drug called 7-OH that mimics the effects of opioids.

Brooke County officials are grappling with how to allocate $1.2 million in opioid settlement funds, a topic that sparked ...

The state funding comes from a law Gov. Kim Reynolds signed in June directing 75% of Iowa’s opioid settlement money toward fighting opioid misuse.

Cities and states promised to use opioid settlement money to fight addiction. Instead, they’re spending it on concerts, ...

Nabarun Dasgupta’s research is reshaping how public health tracks street drugs — and empowering communities to protect themselves.

The U.S. opioid crisis has varied in severity across the country, leading to extended debate about how and why it has spread.

Republican senators introduce bills targeting nitazenes, synthetic opioids potentially deadlier than fentanyl. New ...

When I left the US Army, I thought the hard part was over, but chronic pain is a constant. People are quick to offer veterans ...