opioids

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser declared public emergencies in response to the rise in youth violence and opioid overdoses. The number of people dying from opioid overdoses is skyrocketing in the District while the number of young people arrested for serious and violent crimes like carjacking and homicide also is on the rise. To help address the problems, Bowser declared...

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser declared public emergencies in response to the rise in youth violence and opioid overdoses. News4’s Mark Segraves pressed the mayor for answers on how today’s order might help find more space to house youth accused of crimes.

The settlements would allow for “full resolution” of all opioid claims on behalf of U.S. states, local governments and Native American tribes, Kroger said.

Narcan is an easy-to-use nasal spray that can reverse an opioid overdose. Here’s what you need to know about this life-saving drug.

The opioid overdose antidote Narcan will be available over the counter in the coming days, a move that’s hoped to increase access to the lifesaving medication amid the country’s worsening opioid epidemic.

A powerful animal sedative in the illicit drug supply is complicating the U.S. response to the opioid crisis. It’s called xylazine (pronounced ZY’-lah-zeen).

A mobile clinic in Baltimore is expanding access to buprenorphine, a medication that treats opioid use disorder by reducing cravings and withdrawal symptoms.

The U.S. has sanctioned more than a dozen people and businesses in China and Mexico that allegedly helped provide machines used to make counterfeit prescription drugs.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has allowed one of the nation’s largest drug distributors to keep shipping addictive painkillers for nearly four years despite a judge’s recommendation to strip its license for turning a blind eye to thousands of suspicious opioid orders.

Alexandria City High School is training its students to use the overdose reversal drug Narcan. Every social worker and counselor at Alexandria City High will be trained to use Narcan so they in turn can train every high school student. “From May 15 to May 30, those employees will go into class during English and provide a one-hour training to…

Alexandria City High School is training all of its students in how to use the overdose reversal drug Narcan. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports.

Students at a Philadelphia school were hospitalized Wednesday after they drank grape juice laced with an opioid substance, officials said. 

A doctor illegally prescribed opioids in exchange for cash at his medical practice in Northwest D.C., federal prosecutors allege. 

The opioid overdose-prevention drug Narcan is now available in vending machines in Washington, D.C. 

Narcan, the best-known form of naloxone, can reverse overdoses of opioids like heroin and fentanyl.

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.

Health leaders in Montgomery County, Maryland, say some students are taking fentanyl on purpose. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports on an upcoming community forum to help educate students and families.

Doctors may be missing patients who are trying to cheat on tests that check if they are taking medication for opioid addiction.

Doctors may be missing patients who are trying to cheat on tests that check if they are taking medication for opioid addiction.

The study’s sobering findings underscore the extent of the opioid epidemic’s impact on children, according to its lead author.