Georgia will receive $20 million from new national opioid settlements, boosting ongoing efforts to fight the state’s opioid and fentanyl crisis.

A new Office of Opioid and Substance Use Response has made its way to the City of Richmond Friday, offering support and treatment to those struggling with recovery.

Indivior will not manufacture or sell opioid products for the next 10 years but may continue selling medications to treat opioid use disorder. This settlement follows a previous $7.4 billion agreement ...

RALEIGH — The public is invited to attend a July 25 virtual meeting of the state Citizen Advisory Committee for HUD Community Development Block Grant-Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) funding.

Also in the Capitol Notebook, Iowa is partnering with a nonprofit organization that provides mentoring and STEM education for high-achieving math students in the state.

Massachusetts AG Andrea Campbell announced a $720 million settlement with pharma companies over opioids, with the state receiving $17 million for recovery efforts.

Which, wow. So, let’s address something big: Like John joked about as we introduced him, pharma sales reps are NOT generally looked upon as model citizens. The rap is: Some of them use ...

President Donald Trump has renewed his pledge of drug tariffs to the tune of 200%, but with a grace period of around one year.

Money from the latest settlement agreement with Purdue Pharma will boost counties’ efforts to curb opioid addiction and overdoses, some of which have already led to innovative programs.

State Attorney General Letitia James said Monday 55 states and territories have agreed to a settlement with Purdue over its major role in the opioid crisis.