Nearly 22,000 pounds of fentanyl were seized at US borders during the 2024 fiscal year, according to data from the US Customs ...

Teen drug use is on the rise with opioids gaining popularity especially among girls ages 12 to 17, according to an alarming new study.

Unlike opium, nitazenes and other synthetic opioids can be produced anywhere in the world using precursor chemicals that are often uncontrolled.

Emergent BioSolutions (EBS) announced that it is raising awareness of the Ready to Rescue initiative in New Orleans with pro football legend ...

More New Yorkers received scripts for buprenorphine, a med used to treat opioid addiction, amid fight against record-high ...

As with climate change, why are we so slow to recognise the existential threat that drug use poses to humanity?

As a daily pill-taker, I’ve learned that the phrase “Out of sight, out of mind” holds all too true when it comes to staying on top of my medications. A pill case that looks and feels nice ...

Sean O'Driscoll is a Newsweek Senior Crime and Courts Reporter based in Ireland. His focus is reporting on U.S. law. He has covered human rights and extremism extensively. Sean joined Newsweek in ...

Weight-loss drugs like Ozempic may decrease your risk of developing 42 health conditions, but increase your chance of experiencing 19 others, according to one of the most comprehensive studies-of ...

Having made waves the world over, revolutionary anti-obesity drugs Wegovy and Ozempic (manufactured by Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk), and Eli Lilly’s tirzepatide are set to enter the Indian ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE - A patient prepares to take the first of two combination pills, mifepristone, for a medication ...