While the opioid epidemic is one of the most urgent public health emergencies facing the U.S., new therapeutic approaches for treating the underlying substance use disorder have lagged far behind. | ...

More good news in the battle against opioid addiction. Scientists have reopened research into a class of opioids that were ...

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have identified a novel, highly potent opioid that shows potential as ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The district attorney’s office in Harris County, Texas, has alerted attorneys involved in thousands of drug-related cases that ...

In a story that sounds more like the plot of a quirky crime drama than real life, drug-addicted rats have turned Houston's police evidence storage into their personal stash house. These rodents have ...

"Drug-addicted rats" are eating narcotics seized and stored by Houston police, prompting a change in how long the police department is required to store the evidence, officials said. Subscribe to read ...

With the rise of obesity drugs a pair of Penn State researchers set out to answer a question: could drugs aimed at weight loss help battle opioid addiction? Researchers Dr. Patricia Grigson and Dr.