Kratom is a plant that comes from Southeast Asia that has opioid-like properties. The perception is that it's relatively safe ...

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The company that makes OxyContin, members of the Sackler family who own it and many groups that sued over its role in the ...

Nate Holley, 37, has been clean for more than a dozen years from the grip of opioid addiction – crediting his recovery to ...

A judge said he will approve a $7 billion settlement between the maker of OxyContin and people with addiction, states, ...

A federal bankruptcy judge said on Friday he will approve a restructuring plan for drugmaker Purdue Pharma that includes a $7.4 billion settlement resolving claims that it fueled the U.S. opioid ...

Under the plan, the company will dissolve and its owners, members of the Sackler family, will pay as much as $7 billion of their personal fortune to states, localities, tribes and others harmed in the ...

A bankruptcy judge on Friday said he would sign off on a deal that forces Purdue Pharma and its billionaire owners to pay out ...

Hundreds of people are on a waitlist for opioid addiction treatment in Los Angeles County jails as the state presses the system to reduce overdoses and in-custody deaths.

Governor Henry McMaster hosted a statewide addiction summit in Columbia Thursday, bringing together health leaders, law ...