A new research study suggests opioid abuse in the U.S. is now responsible for 20 percent of deaths among young adults. The study, published Friday in the journal JAMA Network Open, reveals that young Americans are dying at a far greater pace than any other group. While one in every 65 adults in the U.S. suffered […]

Authorities seized enough fentanyl to cause 26 million fatal overdoses in the largest drug bust in Nebraska state history. Officers with the Nebraska State Patrol conducted a routine traffic stop April 26 of a semi-truck driving on the shoulder of Interstate 80 near Kearney, Neb., and quickly became suspicious of the driver and passenger. The truck looked empty, […]

A federal survey reveals roughly 20 percent of Americans know or have known someone struggling with addiction to opioid painkillers. The annual report on the economic well being of U.S. households by the Federal Reserve System included questions regarding exposure to opioids, a first in the history of the survey. It found at least one in […]