“So much of our addiction treatment is actively traumatic,” Szalavitz told Salon in a phone interview. “It tells people, ‘Sit ...

The Sackler family and Purdue Pharma, the maker of the addictive painkiller oxycontin, have reached a $7.4 billion settlement ...

With the flames largely extinguished, governments throughout Los Angeles are adapting to the new reality with a host of policies and programs to address the current crisis while hopefully preparing ...

Albany County Executive Daniel P. McCoy and the Albany County Legislature are investing over $1.5 million in opioid ...

The settlement payout will be delivered “directly” to communities over the next 15 years to support opioid addiction ...

Pat George, chairman of the Kansas Fights Addiction Act Grant Review Board, gives an update to the Senate Ways and Means ...

More than $7 billion could be on the way to families affected by the opioid crisis, but New Hampshire hasn't decided whether to join the new settlement.

Carole Trottere is turning her pain into purpose through overdose prevention advocacy so no other parent has to feel the ...

The deadly wildfires that have swept through the Los Angeles area, destroying whole communities and causing billions in ...

The Colorado Attorney General's Office, along with 14 other states, helped secure a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue ...

The Sackler family and the opioid maker they founded, Purdue Pharma, have together agreed to pay $7.4bn to settle liabilities ...

Several US states have reached a $7.4 billion settlement with the Sackler family and their pharmaceutical company Purdue over ...