JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers on Thursday took a pivotal step toward becoming the final state to adopt a statewide prescription opioid tracking database, despite years of...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Health officials in North Carolina say the number of unintentional opioid-related overdose deaths among North Carolina residents has fallen for the first time in five...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government's employee health plan will tighten its rules for covering prescription opioid painkillers starting this fall, the Trump administration said Monday.

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Latest on opioid data allowed to be made public by judge (all times local):

9:55 p.m.

Newly public federal data shows how drug companies increased shipments of...

PRINCETON, W.Va. (AP) — Social workers are providing a deep look into opioid addiction in a West Virginia county, where they say some addicts relapse as many as seven times before getting...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota saw a big drop in drug overdose deaths in 2018.

Preliminary statewide data released Tuesday shows that overdose deaths dropped 17 percent, from 733 in 2017...

SEATTLE (AP) — Public Health— Seattle & King County officials say drug-related deaths have continued to increase in the county, with fatal overdoses involving methamphetamine and fentanyl on the...

MIAMI (AP) — Authorities in Florida say they have arrested seven people who operated a large-scale prescription drug trafficking ring.

A news release from the Florida Attorney General's...