opioid addiction

The deal involves the Sackler family paying up to $6 billion to help states, cities, and tribes address the harms of the opioid addiction epidemic.

Under Ballot Measure 110, instead of arresting drug users, police give them a citation and point them towards treatment. Over three years in, there's a debate about whether it's succeeded or failed.

Elected leaders in Oregon are directing their agencies to work with first responders in connecting people addicted to fentanyl with resources that could help them.

A $149.5 million settlement was reached after Washington state sued drugmaker Johnson & Johnson more than four years ago for its role in the opioid addiction crisis.

University of Washington School of Medicine research shows a drug to treat opioid addiction isn’t being used as effectively as it could be. Caleb…

Medicines that help people stop using opioids are heavily regulated, and people seeking them usually have to navigate in-person doctor visits, daily stops…

Bouncers at nightclubs in Seattle are being trained to use the drug Narcan, which counteracts opioid overdoses. It's part of a city nightlife harm…

Deaths from drug and alcohol use are growing in King County. New numbers from Public Health Seattle & King County show that 379 people died in 2017, up…

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., has announced that she opposes the health care bill in its current form. She cited cuts to Medicaid and what the bill would mean for people with opioid addiction.

In 1980, Dr. Hershel Jick wrote a one-paragraph letter about low rates of addiction among hospitalized patients given narcotics. It was later cited as evidence that long-term opioid use was safe.