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Some people say it’s reasonable for densely populated areas to receive more settlement funds, since they serve more of those affected. But others worry this overlooks rural communities disproportionately harmed by opioid addiction.

Mexican cartels are trafficking "rainbow" fentanyl in pills, powder and even blocks that resemble sidewalk chalk, officials say.

Know-how gained through the pandemic is seeping into other public health areas. But in a nation that has chronically underfunded its public health system, it’s hard to know which changes will stick.

Experts say lockdowns and other pandemic restrictions isolated those with drug addictions and made treatment harder to get.

Figures from a U.S. government survey released Friday show some progress in the fight against the ongoing opioid addiction crisis with fewer people in...

After being delayed twice a proposal restricting physician prescribing powers for opioids is once again moving in the senate. It’s part of a wide...

A new law to better control sober living homes in the Sunshine State goes into effect Saturday.

Florida service providers are wasting no time taking advantage of nearly $30 million in federal money for addressing the opioid epidemic.

COMMENTARY Nine years ago a colleague and I had dinner in Culiacán, Mexico, with local journalist Javier Valdez. At the time, Mexico was locked in of...

Florida’s medical examiners are seeing a precipitous rise in fentanyl deaths. They recently published their interim 2016 report on drug-related fatalities.

Deaths from heroin and fentanyl overdoses have more than doubled in unincorporated Orange County.