CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire’s efforts to protect and help vulnerable children would be spun off into a separate agency under a bill before a Senate committee Wednesday.

LONDONDERRY, N.H. (AP) — Police in New Hampshire are looking for a man accused of negligent homicide and other charges in the fentanyl death of a 21-month old girl.

CREVE COEUR, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis-area pharmacist filled prescriptions for dangerous amounts of opiates, ignored obviously altered prescriptions and billed Medicaid and Medicare for medically...

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Federal authorities said Wednesday they are investigating a drug pipeline that involves moving the powerful opioid fentanyl and other painkillers from the Detroit area to three...

PHOENIX (AP) — The federal Drug Enforcement Administration has designated the opioid epidemic in Yavapai County as the greatest drug threat to public health and safety in Arizona.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — With opioid overdoses setting records in 2020, an effort is underway to install boxes in public that would make a frequently used rescue medication available in case of...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — About 50,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl were seized this week during the arrests of three people in the Las Vegas area, federal authorities said.

CHICAGO (AP) — A study of deaths related to opioid-related overdoses in suburban Chicago has found heroin was the chief killer, according to a report released Friday.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — A Waterloo man accepted a plea deal Thursday in the death of a man who bought fentanyl-laced heroin from him.

Marcus Anthony Sallay, 39, agreed to the plea deal a day...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Advocates and some lawmakers in Vermont want to create safe drug consumption sites, make the opioid-overdose antidote naloxone more available and provide fentanyl testing...

Drug and alcohol related fatalities in Maryland have increased since the pandemic, and minority communities were hit the hardest, according to a recent report.

BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts attorney general's office has awarded $1.5 million in grants to 16 organizations across the state to address racial disparities in opioid addiction treatment and...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The U.S. attorney for West Virginia’s southern district is stepping down.

U.S. Attorney Mike Stuart announced Friday he will resign effective Feb 28. The move will...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers will try again to expand Medicaid coverage in Wisconsin, announcing Wednesday that his state budget proposal will also have more than $150 million in other...

DOVER, Del. (AP) — A state commission in Delaware is calling for expanded resources for housing and for people who have been incarcerated to help combat the opioid crisis.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Nineteen nonprofit organizations across Kentucky will share a $380,000 donation from a fund that has offered assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Andy Beshear...

ROSEVILLE, Minn. (AP) — Police in the Twin Cities suburb of Roseville issued a warning Saturday about a sharp spike in drug overdoses and related deaths.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana is partnering with the nonprofit Overdose Lifeline Inc. to expand access to the opioid overdose antidote naloxone through exterior dispensers available at all...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s attorney general on Thursday sued Food City over claims that the supermarket chain’s pharmacies intentionally profited from the opioid epidemic by unlawfully...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa will receive nearly $4.7 million over five years as part of a multistate settlement with a firm that worked with opioid manufacturers to promote addictive painkillers,...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana will receive more than $12.5 million as part of a multistate settlement with a consulting firm that worked with opioid manufacturers to promote addictive painkillers,...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska will receive $2.59 million over five years as part of a multistate settlement with a firm that worked with opioid manufacturers to promote addictive painkillers,...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The operator of a Kansas drug treatment clinic has been indicted in Kansas City, Missouri, on federal charges of drug trafficking.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A Cedar Rapids doctor has agreed to pay a $100,000 settlement over allegations that he prescribed opioids to patients who had no legitimate medical need for the drugs,...

BOSTON (AP) — A former nurse pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing opioid pain medication from the hospital emergency room where he worked for his personal use and replacing the drugs with a saline...

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities say the amount of fentanyl seized in drug-trafficking investigations in the state of New York continues to increase at an alarming rate, underscoring how the...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Police in a North Carolina city issued a warning on Tuesday for a dangerous batch of what’s believed to be fentanyl after five suspected overdose deaths in a 48-hour period....

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine is on pace to set a new state record for the number of drug overdose deaths in a year.

The Office of the Attorney General reported on Monday that 122 deaths were...

MINDEN, Nev. (AP) — Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a Dayton woman in connection with the death of an Indian Hills man who is believed to have died from a drug overdose last month.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say they have cut into an opioid pipeline that for five years has been moving millions of dollars worth of oxycodone pills from Detroit to three American...

BEVERLY, Mass. (AP) — A former nurse who worked at Beverly Hospital for about two months has agreed to plead guilty to stealing opioid pain medication from the emergency room there in 2016,...

BALTIMORE (AP) — The death of a 4-year-old boy in Maryland last year has been ruled a homicide after authorities determined he died of intoxication from methadone, an opioid-withdrawal medication....

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal judge in West Virginia has set a new trial date in a lawsuit filed by the city of Huntington and Cabell County over the opioid crisis.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican army said Thursday that fentanyl seizures increased by at least 486% in 2020.

Military and police forces said on the final day of the year that they had...

GRAY, Maine (AP) — A routine traffic stop in Maine led to the seizure of cash, guns and 500 grams of fentanyl, law enforcement officials said.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s U.S. senators announced $1.85 million in federal funding for opioid misuse research and treatment programs in the state.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming doctor was sentenced to five years in prison Monday after pleading guilty to illegally prescribing prescription pain pills and other controlled substances to his...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — At least two northern Arizona sheriff's deputies were taken to a hospital Monday after possibly being exposed to an opioid during a traffic stop and pursuit, authorities...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — A southeast Missouri woman is jailed after a girl in her care died after ingesting fentanyl.

The Southeast Missourian reports that 35-year-old Stephanie K. Durbin...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Overdose deaths from opioids are on the rise in Connecticut as the coronavirus pandemic has compounded social stressors and increased isolation.

ABINGDON, Va. (AP) — A North Carolina doctor has been sentenced to three years in prison for conspiring with his wife to illegally distribute prescription opioids, a plot that investigators...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that opioid producers can be sued under the state's Drug Dealer Liability Act, allowing a lawsuit filed on behalf of children born...