A Senate subcommittee moved forward a bill Monday allocating $42 million from the Opioid Settlement Fund to the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services to combat the impacts of the opioid crisis.

Lawmakers for a third consecutive year are working on the state’s plan for Iowa’s share of a national settlement with opioid manufacturers.

A bill introduced by a Central Oregon lawmaker that would equip patients to make informed decisions about the medications ...

Beyond enacting stronger legislation, a framework for better coordination among relevant law enforcement agencies with an emphasis on demand reduction and the suppression of supply is crucial.There is ...

Republicans hope to save a lot of tax dollars by cutting Medicaid. Drug policy experts say as many as a million Americans in ...

SAMHSA’s work is crucial to suicide and drug overdose prevention and mental health care. It may fall victim to changes to public health infrastructure.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the Liberals have a “radical plan to make our streets less safe,” by backing ...

A report from the Congressional Joint Economic Committee Minority will be released Monday reportedly showing cuts to Medicaid ...

In late March, the White House abruptly canceled more than $11 billion in Covid-era state funding that was aimed toward ...

In fact, fentanyl overdoses are commonly caused by ingesting the drug illicitly as a pill or powder. And most accidental exposures occur when people who use drugs, even those who do not use opioids, ...

Gov. Laura Kelly signed a bill unanimously approved by the Kansas Legislature repealing a statute inhibiting the ability of law enforcement to obtain emergency medication to reverse the effect of ...

Christopher Julian’s opioid journey is familiar to many Americans. He was prescribed painkillers as a teenager for a series of sports injuries. He said the doctor never warned him they could be ...