Methadone News

'The reality is that the fastest growing population is white, middle-class kids who are now finding opiates very, very, very attractive,' says harm reduction advocate Mark Kinzly.

Treatment, not incarceration, should be the first option for veterans who commit nonviolent drug-related offenses, a group advocating alternatives to the nation's "war on drugs" said Thursday in a new report.

Federal prosecutors say a southern Illinois doctor has agreed to surrender his medical license after admitting he illegally dispensed methadone, tampered with a witness and obstructed justice.

Portland, Maine-based Aiko Biotechnology says its Phase 1 clinical trial for a drug target to treat side effects of opioid painkillers has shown positive results.

It's the largest drug sweep ever in the state of Kentucky. Police arrested hundreds of people in a massive roundup involving prescription drugs.

Those attending Tuesday night's public forum on the proposed methadone clinic here in Pulaski County were hoping to pepper those responsible with questions about what could be expected.

Sentencing will be early next year for a southwestern Illinois woman who admits selling drugs to a man who later overdosed on them.

A Juniata County man faces charges for homicide and other related offenses after he allegedly supplied another man with drugs that resulted in his death, according to court documents.

Supporters for letting the chronically ill and caregivers obtain medical marijuana have engaged a high-stakes showdown against a disapproving Gov.

Anna Nicole Smith's doctor was feeding her addiction to prescription medications by excessively prescribing opiates, including a drug nicknamed "hospital heroin," a pain management expert testified Tuesday.

Left, addicts wanting to get off injection drugs in this province really only have two options a ' cold turkey or a daily drink of methadone.

Fadi Ibrahim will have to spend at least another week in jail before a decision is made on whether he will be granted bail.

A former postal clerk from Oklahoma has been sentenced to probation for stealing pain medication intended for disabled veterans in Arkansas.

Seneca County authorities said they have concluded a four-month investigation into prescription drug distribution with felony charges being brought against a Seneca County man accused of selling 75 Methadone pills and oxycodone tablets.

Whether he liked it or not - and he apparently did not - Larry Birkhead was back on the stand today talking about Anna Nicole Smith , her drug-fueled ways and the effect it may or may not have had on their daughter, Dannielynn .

Floyd County native Terry Scott knows the culture of Eastern Kentucky. That's why when the uproar began about Somerset Addiction Solutions, LLC - an opiate addiction treatment clinic slated to locate to the community in the near future - he wasn't truly surprised.

The father of Anna Nicole Smith's daughter has testified that the ex-Playmate "took more medications than I've ever seen anyone take," and that he complained about it to a doctor now charged with conspiring to provide Smith with controlled substances.

Today's star attraction in the Anna Nicole Smith drug-plying case/circus : none other than her baby daddy Larry Birkhead .

Prescription drug abuse is undoubtedly an issue on the Seacoast, and one community is setting a shining example of a creative way to get drugs off the streets.

Oklahomans as well as physicians need to be told about the dangers of methadone, the head of the state's drug agency told a House panel Tuesday.