Decreasing prescriptions may have fueled a new phase of the opioid epidemic: the rise of synthetics like fentanyl. These are the areas of Washington most impacted by the shift.
DENVER (AP) — A new national poll says Americans think it's safer to use marijuana than opioids to relieve pain.
The Yahoo/Marist poll out Monday says two-thirds of the respondents in the telephone survey said opioid drugs such as Vicodin or OxyContin are "riskier" to use than pot, even when the pain pills are prescribed by a doctor...
OLYMPIA (AP) — People struggling with heroin addiction and other opioids could be hospitalized against their will under a bill proposed by a Washington state lawmaker.
The measure would expand the current Involuntary Treatment Act by including heroin and opioid users under "gravely disabled," which means they are at risk of physical harm due to an inability to care for their immediate n