Multiple states have raised the alarm in the past month about cychlorphine, a synthetic opioid tied to several dozen recent ...

Opioid-class drugs are commonly prescribed as powerful pain medications in both humans and animals, though they can also be ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Health has criminalized nitazenes, a class of synthetic opioids that can be even stronger than fentanyl, as overdose deaths in the state mount. Nitazenes are temporarily ...

Knox County officials said N-Propionitrile Chlorphine, or cychlorphine for short, has now been tied to 16 overdose deaths.

Findings from postmarketing studies showed long-term opioid use was associated with serious risks including misuse, addiction, and overdose. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requiring ...

Health Educator Meg Tolley with the Pennyrile District Health Department hosted the first Narcan training class Thursday at ...

Ohio’s forensic laboratories identified a newly engineered synthetic opioid in September 2025. The compound, N-propionitrile ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Richmond and Henrico Health Districts (RHHD) are sharing tips for preventing and recognizing opioid overdoses ahead of International Overdose Awareness Day. In recognition ...

We can’t solve what we can’t measure, so let’s use opioid abatement funds to help. Comprehensive toxicology would let us ...

Pennsylvania wants to continue categorizing a class of powerful synthetic opioids as Schedule I controlled substances to allow state prosecutors to charge suppliers as use rises. Nitazenes are up to ...

Last month, school officials saved a Tompkins County teen’s life by administering naloxone after an accidental overdose believed to have been caused by a contaminated marijuana vape. But what if this ...

Last week, the National Safety Council applauded the bipartisan reintroduction of legislation in the U.S. Congress to curb fatalities from opioid overdose in the workplace. The Workplace Overdose ...