opioid crisis

As opioid deaths take their toll across Albany, Schenectady and Rensselaer Counties, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's plan to beef up addiction services and fight the flow of drugs into the Capital Region has taken a key step.

With opioid deaths on the rise across Albany, Schenectady and Rensselaer Counties, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is launching a plan to beef up addiction services and fight the flow of drugs into the area.

More than half a billion dollars from a blockbuster settlement between Massachusetts and opioid manufacturers, marketers, and distributors will be allocated to opioid misuse treatment, prevention, and recovery programs across the state.

Calling them “villains for the history books,” the attorneys general of New York, Massachusetts and Minnesota today announced a $4.5 billion settlement…

A coalition of environmental, public health and other groups is calling on the New York state Department of Health to implement a drug take-back law…

A state assemblyman and the Orange County district attorney are holding a roundtable Tuesday evening about the opioid epidemic.Republican Assemblyman…

WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses reports that Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $572 million to Oklahoma for its role in the state's opioid…

Ulster County Sheriff Juan Figueroa is seven months into his job. He recently spoke with WAMC’s Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Allison Dunne about his biggest…

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

Vermont’s Attorney General is suing Purdue Pharma, saying the manufacturer of Oxycontin has driven the opioid addiction crisis. T.J. Donovan says the…