opiod epidemic

A new survey finds the number of New Yorkers touched by opioid abuse is rising.Siena College pollster Don Levy says the survey covered many of the same…

From a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter from the smallest newspaper ever to win the prize in the investigative reporting category, "Death in Mud Lick" is…

The next scheduled trial over the drug industry's liability in the opioid crisis has been postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak.The trial had been…

A new report shows suicide, alcohol, and drug overdose deaths have reached near-crisis levels nationwide, and states are struggling to cope. When it comes…

The former head of a drug distributor has been indicted on what federal prosecutors say are the first-ever criminal charges against a drug company…

As Governor Andrew Cuomo pushes to make New York the 11th state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, activists, advocates, critics and local…

Chris McGreal is a reporter for the Guardian and former journalist at the BBC. He was the Guardian's correspondent in Johannesburg, Jerusalem and…