Michigan man Donald Nchamukong has pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to charges related to a conspiracy to import and ...

According to the latest figures, deaths involving synthetic opioids, like fentanyl analogs, also decreased by 9.5% in 2023, ...

Terpenes from cannabis may relieve chronic pain without THC’s psychoactive effects. Researchers found that certain terpenes ...

Recently, a documentary from BBC on how some opioid-based medications especially ones containing tramadol and tapentadol, are imported into the country and abused by mostly young people in low ...

The presence of xylazine, a horse tranquilizer that is increasingly found mixed with fentanyl in supplies of illegal drugs, ...

Chronic pain, which lasts for three months or longer, is difficult to treat. Many people rely on opioid pain medications, but ...

A statement of intent about the regulation of kratom passed unanimously in a Tennessee House Judiciary committee meeting ...

Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid, which means it’s created in ... which is when your natural drive to breathe is reduced and breathing becomes slow and shallow, Dr. Fiellin said.

Approximately 125 million opioid prescriptions were dispensed ... according to researchers who developed the compound that mimics a natural molecule found in the cannabis plant.

Synthetic opioids are man-made drugs that mimic the effects of natural opioids, such as heroin, but can be 100 times more potent and therefore much more lethal. Article continues below First ...