The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have granted 16 states with funding to combat the drug epidemic and opioid prescription drug overdose deaths in the country.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Thursday their approval of the use of the painkiller OxyContin in pediatric patients as young as 11 years old.
Stanford scientists have discovered a new and faster method of turning bioengineered baker's yeast into opioids.
