The kits contain naloxone, a nasal spray that can be used to help treat an opioid overdose. They also include a video screen that shows how to administer the spray to someone overdosing. Sign up for ...

Drug experts Drs. Volkow and McLellan set out a road map to reverse the opioid epidemic in 2016. Find out how we're doing now ...

A University of the Pacific team has developed a single-dose injection to counter the effects of fentanyl and other opioid ...

Elizabeth Griffin, co-founder and executive director of the Bourne Substance Free Coalition, appeared before the board of trustees of the Bourne Veterans Memorial Community Center on Tuesday, January ...

A new fund is providing up to $5,000 to Boston families who have an immediate family member who died from an opioid overdose.

Indiana University is making sure more people are trained to stop an overdose and save a life. IU's Prevention Insights now offers free online Narcan and overdose response training to people who live ...

Indiana University’s Prevention Insights now offers free online naloxone (Narcan) and overdose response training to anyone residing or working in the Floyd County community.

As Georgia navigates a widespread opioid addiction crisis, researchers in Kennesaw State University's Wellstar School of Nursing (WSON) are leveraging a $1.2 million grant to train budding nurses in ...

Utah health officials and medical providers are celebrating a 41% decrease in opioid prescriptions in an effort to reduce ...

A professor and his team at University of the Pacific have developed a single-dose treatment that provides extended ...

Such fatal overdoses in Kitsap County, as reported by Jeff Wallis, supervisor of the medical examiner’s office, is the ...

MassDOT has launched a new Naloxone pilot program, starting with two locations in Boston and one in Springfield.