opioids

Jefferson County official say they’re seeing an alarming number of opioid overdose deaths. The dozens of fatalities happened only one month into 2023.

Alabama’s Central Data Repository says over sixteen thousand Alabama residents were treated for substance abuse in 2021. Close to two thousand of those were in Baldwin County. Limited resources also make recovery even harder in south Alabama. Most of the leaders in local recovery have been there themselves.

An Alabama doctor will serve a 52-month sentence in federal prison for providing opioids to people without medical purpose. Her husband, who managed her…

An Alabama doctor has pleaded guilty to drug distribution charges linked to her prescribing opioid drugs from a clinic she operated in a community in…

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A new program is being developed to address the opioid problem in parts of west Alabama.A statement from the University of Alabama…

Alabama's largest health insurer will stop covering OxyContin prescriptions as part of an effort to deter opioid abuse.AL.com reports Blue Cross and Blue…

An Alabama doctor has been sentenced to more than twelve years in prison for his role in a Montgomery pill mill.U.S. Attorney Louis Franklin Sr. told…

A major pharmaceutical company previously criticized for raising prices on overdose prevention medication is now donating a large amount of the medication…

A former federal prosecutor is raising concerns that Alabama’s proposed crackdown on the synthetic opioid fentanyl could end up putting low-level users…

The Alabama Senate has voted in favor of tougher penalties for distributing fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid.Senators voted unanimously in favor of…