Forty-three percent of Americans say the prescription drug abuse is a serious issue, up 10 percent from 2016, according to a survey by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The ...

Objectives: Prescription opioid abuse and addiction are serious problems with growing societal and medical costs, resulting in billions of dollars of excess costs to private and governmental health ...

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey -- The nation's addiction to opioids is part of a crisis plaguing communities across America and particularly the Tri-State Area. According to the National Institute on Drug ...

Every day in America more than 50 people die from an overdose of prescription pain medication. Some people who start out abusing pain pills later turn to heroin, which claims another 29 lives each day ...

LOS ANGELES, CA - March 04, 2026 - PRESSADVANTAGE - Muse Treatment Alcohol & Drug Rehab Los Angeles has published a ...

LOCAL DRUG AWARENESS ADVOCATE. >> GINA AGAIN IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SPEAK UP ABOUT DRUGS, A LOCAL NONPROFIT THAT SHE STARTED IN 2017 AFTER SHE LOST HER SON TO FENTANYL POISONING. SHE SAYS ...

The Illinois Prevention Network rallied high school students to lobby state legislators to pass drug and alcohol regulation bills.

The naloxone vending machine at Lawrence Transit's Central Station, 2315 Bob Billings Parkway. Funding from the Attorney General's Office will help add an additional machine in Lawrence to expand ...

Education about fentanyl abuse will soon be required for middle and high school students in all Oklahoma school districts.

Euphoria—the most tweeted-about TV show of the decade in the U.S.—has thrust teenage drug use into the cultural spotlight. The HBO show follows 17-year-old Rue Bennett, a sweet but troubled teen ...