America’s opioid epidemic has claimed countless lives and has also contributed to the number of heroin users across the nation. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), as much as...

Two peer-reviewed studies published in the JAMA Internal Medicine have revealed how cannabis use may have a positive impact on America’s opioid epidemic, which claimed 17,087 lives in 2016 alone. The...

A new legislation introduced this month in both Senate and Assembly wants to expand medical cannabis in New York to treat opioid addiction. Assemblyman Daniel O'Donnell introduced the measure to use...

A cannabis and kratom based residential treatment recovery home is set to open in Portland in March to treat opioid addiction. Roxanne Gullikson and her husband Ron Figarratto are opening a treatment...

The number of people using prescription opioids and non-prescription illegal opioid drugs has soared at a rapid rate since the 1990s. In the midst of an "opioid crisis", two million Americans have become...

The true cost of the opioid epidemic in 2015 was $504 billion, or roughly half a trillion dollars, according to a report released by the White House on Sunday. The Council of Economic Advisers said...

President Trump declared the opioid crisis a nationwide public health emergency on Thursday, a move intended to expand access to treatment and loosen current regulations. However, the declaration will...