opioid epidemic

Hoping to grab people’s attention in a different way, a nonprofit has plastered unique ads right in the middle of the so-called open drug markets in San Francisco.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved selling naloxone without a prescription, setting the overdose-reversing drug on course to become the first opioid treatment drug to be sold over the counter, reports NBC 7’s Amber Frias.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved selling overdose antidote naloxone over-the-counter, marking the first time a opioid treatment drug will be available without a prescription.

NBC 7’s Amber Frias shows off the free, easy and life-saving app.

The opioid epidemic has devastated the country for the past two decades, taking far too many lives.

Among the changes: The CDC no longer suggests trying to limit opioid treatment for acute pain to three days.

Narcan can help save the lives of opioid users in the midst of an overdose, and San Diego County wants it to be available to anyone. NBC 7’s Omari Fleming has the story.

San Diego County could soon have a new weapon in its arsenal to help fight its growing problem with opioid addiction.

The Centers for Disease Control revealed Wednesday that the U.S. set a grim record in 2021 with 107,000 overdose deaths.

President Joe Biden is sending his administration’s first national drug control strategy to Congress

Community activists in South Florida sprang into action after West Point cadets on spring break were sickened by fentanyl-laced cocaine at a house party

There often is a serious downside for people taking medications that have a long track record of helping treat opioid addiction: discrimination

With fentanyl driving fatal overdoses to record levels in the U.S., state governments are scrambling for solutions