The Iowa Board of Pharmacy has revoked the license of a pharmacy technician convicted of stealing 600 doses of opioid pain ...

WATERLOO — A Cedar Rapids nurse has been sentenced to probation for taking opioid medication from patients at a Black Hawk ...

Prescription opioid misuse is a very serious problem in the United States. The misuse of prescription opioids is typically defined as: (a) use of a prescription opioid without a prescription of ...

Dr. Ndubuisi Joseph Okafor, a 64-year-old physician from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, has been indicted on 29 counts in a ...

Cass County just received more money to help fight the opioid crisis thanks to a national settlement, and the county wants to ...

The start of the opioid epidemic is ironically linked to a drug that was supposed to help people suffering from moderate to ...

On average, Americans consume about 20 times the amount of prescription opioids as the rest of the world. It is no surprise that the opioid epidemic is primarily endemic to the United States.

The US saw a 22% decline in rates of prescription-opioid overdose related emergency department (ED) visits in children 17 and ...

Dr. Gupta is the Drug Policy Director for the White House and he’s say this drug epidemic is a threat like no other. He says ...

"Given the immense societal damage caused by prescription opioids, it is unacceptable that any private entity involved in the proliferation of these medications had the ability to influence the VA ...

An advisory council under the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services would be set up to help award grants for projects ...

Police alleged the pharmacy worker admitted that while at work she would place the pills into the trash and retrieve them ...