When it comes to taking opioids, the United States has the dubious honour of leading the world. For every one million Americans, almost 50,000 doses of opioids are taken every day. That's four ...

US President Donald Trump has announced measures to combat the country's opioid crisis. But what are these drugs and why are they such a problem? Opioids are a group of drugs that range from ...

While the scourge has been plaguing the country for over 20 years, a decrease in overdose mortality, particularly of fentanyl ...

Opioid use and opioid use disorder are the leading causes of drug-related deaths worldwide, and Canada has seen a 184% increase in opioid-related deaths over seven years from 2,831 deaths in 2016 ...

Harm reduction efforts are succeeding. Over the past year, we began witnessing precipitous declines in overdose for the first time since fentanyl-driven deaths skyrocketed in 2020: deaths are now down ...

Pacira BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCRX), the industry leader in the delivery of innovative, non-opioid pain therapies, today ...