Deaths due to opioid overdoses have steadily increased in Worcester in recent years.

GBH's All Things Considered host Arun Rath speaks with Dr. Peter Grinspoon, an addiction specialist and instructor in medicine at Harvard, about how best to support injured patients at risk of relapse.

The state Department of Public Health is renewing a call from several years ago to establish sites where people could use drugs under supervision in an effort to bring down overdose deaths.

A small team that takes on three city problems at once: community violence, overdoses and people coming out of prison who are unable to find work.

The White House is marshaling a new plan to try to beef up testing, tracking and treatment for street drugs laced with xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer…

As more than $50 billion makes its way to state and local governments to compensate for the opioid epidemic, people with high hopes for the money are…

Back and neck pain afflicts millions of American adults, driving many to seek relief from their family doctor or even the local emergency room. When these…

The city has taken steps to open a dedicated facility for safe drug use, the first of its kind in the state.

Healey administration has proposed more than $600 million for 2024 fiscal year budget for substance abuse prevention, treatment programs.

Public health and law enforcement agencies around the U.S. are scrambling to blunt the impact of xylazine, a deadly new threat to Americans who use street…