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Police Offering Drug Recovery Help: 'We Can't Arrest Our Way Out Of This Problem'
Police departments are toning down the law enforcement, and offering drug users recovery help instead. But convincing drug users to accept the help is not easy. -
In Opioid Trial, Pharmaceutical Executive John Kapoor Sentenced To 5.5 Years
John Kapoor was sentenced to 5.5 years in prison on Thursday. -
Mayor Walsh, Local Officials On The State Of Massachusetts' Opioid Crisis
The opioid crisis was discussed at length, along with solutions in development. -
The Kratom Debate: Helpful Herb Or Dangerous Drug?
Some people struggling with opioid addiction who switched to kratom swear the herb salvaged their lives. But federal agencies and the brother of a man who died from his kratom use warn of its risks. -
Pharmaceutical Executives To Be Sentenced In Case Linked To The Opioid Crisis
This landmark case was the first successful prosecution of high-ranking pharmaceutical executives linked to the opioid crisis. -
Opioid Support Group Grows From Christian Book Club
A group of women gathered at a coffee shop outside Seattle to discuss a book about Christian living, but soon discovered that they shared something else: addiction in their families. -
Art Caplan: It's Not Just Manufacturers, The Government Is Also To Blame For Opioid Epidemic
New research shows the FDA failed to properly regulate prescriptions. -
In Rural Areas Without Pain Or Addiction Specialists, Family Doctors Fill In The Gaps
In rural America, chronic pain and opioid addiction are common, but treatment is often harder to come by. In the village of Necedah, population 916, one doctor is changing that. -
In 2019, The Legal Fight Over Opioids Unraveled Into Confusion And Infighting
This was meant to be the year we answered a big question about the deadly opioid epidemic: Will drug companies that make and sell prescription pain medications be held liable? That clarity never came. -
Inmates' Access To Addiction Treatment Temporarily Reinstated
Two prisoners will be able to continue receiving addiction treatment medication and a third will have his medication reinstated until a January hearing, under an agreement reached in federal court Monday afternoon.
