opioids

Hulu's limited series Dopesick provides a cathartic piece of storytelling for those with connections to the opioid crisis.

The Dallas County Commissioners Court agreed on a $2.3 million settlement to combat the opioid epidemic.

New figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have confirmed the American Medical Association's predictions of higher overdose numbers from illicit opioids during the pandemic – 90,000 nationwide. Texas had 4,000 of those overdoses, the highest number among states.

The MedStar ambulance service has seen an increase in opioid overdoses. Meanwhile, local law enforcement says fentanyl, a powerful and deadly synthetic opioid, is becoming more prevalent.

When it filed for bankruptcy last year, Purdue Pharma agreed to make $200 million available immediately to help those those harmed by OxyContin, and ease the effects of the opioid crisis. More than a year later, not a penny has been spent.

As hospitals scour the country for scarce ventilators to treat critically ill patients stricken by the new coronavirus, pharmacists are beginning to sound…

In response to the opioid crisis that continues to grip the nation, a new program at the University of Texas at Arlington is training graduate social work…

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.

Major League Baseball will start testing for opioids and cocaine, but only players who do not cooperate with their treatment plans will be subject to…

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged 58 people across Texas with health care fraud costing at least $66 million, including “pill mill” schemes…

Federal prosecutors say 58 people across Texas have been charged with assorted health care fraud that's been blamed for $66 million in losses and unlawful…

More than 100 people die every day from an opioid overdose, and millions of Americans are struggling with addiction. Scott Walters is with the UNT Health…