The Latest Breaking News from Opioids

We look at the use of the drugs after a study found millions of people are at risk after being prescribed them

Hundreds of millions of people around the world experience chronic pain – meaning pain that lasts longer than three months. While the numbers vary from country to country, most studies estimate that about 10% of the global population is affected, so more than 800 million people.

The Supreme Court has rejected a settlement for OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and members of the Sackler family who own the company

The Supreme Court has rejected a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would've shielded Sackler family members who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids but also would've provided billions of dollars to combat the epidemic

Opioids are commonly prescribed when you’re discharged from hospital after surgery to help manage pain at home.

Exclusive: Minister admits no work done to assess benefit of centres used to save lives in 17 other countries

Recent findings reveal potent synthetic opioids, nitazenes, in African drug consumption, raising overdose concerns.

A new report has for the first time found traces of highly potent opioids known as nitazenes in drugs consumed in Africa’s retail drug market

An ex-ENO artistic head and the co-director who staged War Horse working on a contemporary opera about drug addiction crisis