For having fentanyl and spitting in a police officer’s face, Andre Martel received the equivalent of a seven-month jail ...

When the state stopped prosecuting the possession of small amounts of drugs, deaths climbed. Correlation or causation?

"Randy had absolutely everything to live for, but he shared one thing in common with my students: Once drugs were introduced ...

The most powerful answer to a public health crisis comes with raising awareness and taking action.

As access to buprenorphine improves, so does our understanding of pediatric addiction. This has led to new ways to use ...

The core premise of Measure 110 was that “a health-based approach to addiction and overdose is more effective, humane and cost-effective than criminal punishments.” That decriminalization not only ...

Nearly 75,000 Americans, including 6,850 Californians, died of fentanyl overdoses last year. But only a few politicians have ...

This month, a brief, ambitious and many would say calamitous experiment came to an end: Oregon rolled back Measure 110, its ...

A drug dealer who sold a fentanyl-laced pill is liable for $5.8 million in the death of the woman to whom he sold it.

As Oregon continues with the ongoing fentanyl that has worsened in recent years, one drug addiction treatment organization is ...

Many people who use fentanyl become trapped in their addiction out of fear and a low tolerance for the withdrawal symptoms, which include muscle cramps, nausea, chills, sweats and intense cravings.

A group that formed earlier this year in response to the growing problem of fentanyl in Tuolumne County has invited the ...