opioid crisis

The giant retailer shipped billions of opioid pills to pharmacies nationwide. An NPR investigation found employees warned company executives their stores were being used by "pill mill" doctors.

From medical professionals to law enforcement to recovering addicts, the opioid crisis has affected people from all walks of life.At a University of South…

Florida may be on the right track to reducing the amount of opioid-caused deaths, according to the Department of Children and Families, but only if that…

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America is a program that matches adult volunteers with children in need of guidance. Now, the federal government is helping…

Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis announced an over $58 million dollar grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to combat Florida’s...

Florida's Office of Drug Control will be re-established in the governor's office and a state task force on drug abuse will be set up to provide a...

A new study by University of Florida researchers questions the accuracy of the criteria used by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to identify…

The opioid crisis is affecting communities of all sizes across the country. In one example, Haines City has equipped all officers in its police department…

Bills filed in the Florida House and Senate could give patients more control over how they're treated for pain.Senator Keith Perry (R-Gainesville) and…

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Florida had the 17th highest rate of drug overdose deaths in the nation in 2017, a 17 percent…

The number of people hospitalized because of amphetamine use is skyrocketing in the United States, but the resurgence of the drug largely has been...

The nation's second-largest drugstore chain says Florida's lawsuit alleging that it helped fuel the state's opioid crisis "is without merit."