Children born dependent on heroin and other opiates may be more likely to perform poorly academically as they get older, according to a new study from Australian researchers. Children born ...

Parents, if a doctor were prescribing our child a heavy dose of opiates, would we consent? Would we allow our child to self-medicate? What if addictive opiates could potentially secure an ...

Opioids are a class of drugs that are commonly prescribed to treat pain. Opioids include both opiates (drugs derived from the opium poppy, including morphine, codeine, heroin, and opium ...

This study provides an original perspective on the associations among endogenous opiates, overeating and obesity. The aim was to assess whether variability in the OPRM1 gene, as assessed by seven ...

For more than a decade, patients who've needed certain controlled medications have suffered from ill-advised, untenable policies the U.S. government has instituted, allegedly to mitigate the ever ...

Texas hemp users stockpile products and consider moving out of state as ban looms, saying the medical marijuana program is ...

William Cope Moyers told the world he had it all figured out after beating his addiction to crack cocaine. But then a dentist gave him an opioid pain killer. By Matt Richtel In “Broken,” a ...

As if opiates, and fentanyl specifically, weren’t enough to battle, the addition of Xylazine to other street drugs is increasing the risk of using these drugs. Xylazine is a sedative used in ...

A warning over the potency of synthetic opioids has been issued after it took seven doses of anti-overdose medication to ...

Anecdotally the Kamini tablets, like many opiates, appear to be quite addictive. Rohan told SBS, "People start with one or two tablets in the beginning - and I have seen a guy who sculled down 12 ...