Opioids

A locked storefront for an opioid treatment clinic in a St. Charles strip mall sits between a bar and a meeting space for Alcoholics Anonymous. A sign…

Chad Sabora walked up to a worker in a social services office in south St. Louis County in 2011, with a desperate plea: Where does someone get addiction…

On Wednesday’s St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh continued the discussion about the opioid epidemic in St. Louis. Joining him for the discussion was…

Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley has issued subpoenas to three companies that distribute opioids throughout the United States.The subpoenas were…

More people are dying annually from overdosing on opioids compared to HIV, car accidents and gun violence. And Missouri is no exception.“The opioid crisis…

For five years now, the Missouri legislature has considered legislation to create a prescription drug monitoring database that would allow pharmacists...

The Republican effort to repeal and replace the federal Affordable Care Act could devastate drug treatment clinics by making deep cuts to Medicaid, the…

Last year set a record for the number of drug overdose deaths in the St. Louis region, most of them opioid-related. Gun violence has also long been a…

The state of Missouri filed suit Wednesday against three major drug companies, alleging they fueled the nation’s opioid epidemic with a campaign of false…

Public health experts on a panel in St. Louis Friday admonished Missouri lawmakers for failing to pass a prescription drug monitoring bill during the last…