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The opioid epidemic has been a serious problem plaguing this country for years now, and it has shown no signs of stopping.

Attorney General Tim Griffin announced on Thursday his office would provide specialty courts with up to $1 million to help ...

Available are $50,000 grants coming from the litigation agreement with several pharmaceutical distributors and manufacturer ...

On Tuesday, the Travis County Commissioners Court voted unanimously to extend its opioid overdose crisis declaration to October 2026 and to authorize $100,000 worth of naloxone, a lifesaving overdose ...

Student wellness representatives shared resources for dealing with health emergencies and promoted the University's amnesty ...

With the increased legalization of recreational cannabis, as many as 1 in 5 pregnant women in the U.S. are now using the drug to help with morning sickness, lower back pain or anxiety. Evidence has ...

Tahira Malik went into her pile of NARCAN boxes and drug screening kits to demonstrate what she and her partners give out at weekly resources fairs aimed at preventing overdoses. Malik operates ...

A state panel has made its recommendations for how the first round of funding from a major $638 million settlement with ...

Overdose deaths declined for the second year in a row, fanning health experts’ hopes that the opioid crisis could be turning ...

Still, from preliminary data, 2,830 people died of an overdose in Michigan in 2023. Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, the state of ...

Experts are unsure as to what is causing the decline, which saw deaths decrease by some 14% between June 2023 and 2024.