CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- This week, Buchanan High School is the hub for a series of events. All organized to fight the dangers prescription drug abuse. Groups, volunteers, high school students and ...

Chinese researchers surveyed about 3,300 teens, once at age 14 and again one year later. Less than 3 percent of teens reported prescription drug abuse, 1.8 percent reported the abuse of opiates or ...

(The Conversation) – Medical marijuana could soon be reclassified into a medical category that includes prescription drugs like Tylenol with codeine, ketamine and anabolic steroids. That’s because in ...

More than 300,000 people died from drug poisoning in the U.S. between 1999 and 2009. That first year, opioid analgesics—drugs like methadone, oxycodone, and hydrocodone—were responsible for 21 percent ...

Report finds millions of dollars in Medicaid prescription drug abuse. Sept. 30, 2009 -- WASHINGTON — As Congress debates the government's role in health care, a report out Wednesday finds that state ...

Can Baltimore beat heroin with $580M?

Looking to make a dent in what has become an epidemic of prescription drug abuse in New York, state officials Tuesday agreed on a sweeping deal to require physicians and pharmacists to check a ...

Health Canada today published a Notice of Pre-Consultation in Canada Gazette, Part I, seeking stakeholder feedback on draft Tamper-Resistant Properties of Drugs Regulations. The draft regulations ...

Prescription painkillers are creating a massive public-health crisis. Since 1990, deaths in the U.S. from unintentional drug overdoses have increased by over 500%. Most of this rise can be attributed ...

The 340B drug pricing plan is meant to help low-income patients. It needs better oversight in this state.

National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is Saturday, and it addresses a crucial public safety and public health issue. According to the 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 9.9 million ...