Opioid addiction

Fentanyl has become an international scourge. It’s been blamed for a spike in drug overdose deaths in Missouri as well as around the world. It’s both…

Destini Hutson spent much of her childhood picturing what life would be like when her dad came home.Over time, her plans turned to the practical: teach…

Missouri retained its lonely title as the only state without a statewide prescription drug monitoring program — for the seventh year in a row — after the…

Since February, patients in Illinois have been able to swap their opioid prescriptions for marijuana. And many are doing just that.

A study of workplace injuries in 27 states, including Missouri and Illinois, shows 68% of injured workers in very rural areas received at least one opioid…

Gateway to Better Health, a health care program for poor and uninsured people in St. Louis, will soon cover treatment for people addicted to opioids and…

To measure how healthy a community is, health experts often look to life expectancy – how long a person is expected to live assuming no major…

A St. Louis theater troupe is using a play that highlights drug addiction in the mid-1950s to combat the opioid crisis of today.This weekend, the Slaying…

Updated at 3:45 p.m., Sept. 20, with comments from Surgeon General Jerome Adams — A nationwide campaign is needed to combat the opioid abuse epidemic that…

St. Louis County will use federal grant money to offer medication-assisted treatment to some county jail inmates with opioid addictions.The county will…