Drug diversion is when a healthcare worker takes prescriptions meant for patients either to use or sell, and hospitals are using AI to prevent it.

A recent study from Northwestern Universitypredicts that the opioid crisis is far from over. Overdoses in rural and urban areas will spike all across the United States, researchers find.

Supporting and managing mental health, substance abuse and other public health and safety emergencies are prioritized by Department of Justice safety grants totaling $34 million.

A federal opioid trial right now in West Virginia is focused on the town of Huntington, which has been devastated by the opioid epidemic. Though it centers on one area of the country, it's a test case for whether drug companies - AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson - will be responsible financially for cleaning up the opioid crisis across the country.

The Minnesota Senate has approved the House File 400, the Opioid Stewardship Fund bill.

Fentanyl is the most commonly used drug involved in drug overdoses, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.

President Donald Trump has signed opioid legislation into law.