opioids

Former New Orleans Saints player Sedrick Hodge sold oxycodone pills in Cartersville, Georgia, northwest of Atlanta, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

It's a rather odd silver lining that has formed around this very dark cloud in American society.

The law limits first time prescriptions for acute conditions to a 7-day supply.

Some of the most widely misused drugs in our country are not illegal. They are most likely sitting in your medicine cabinet at home.

There are more prescriptions for opioids than their are people in the state of Louisiana. Painkiller abuse is becoming more of a problem than the symptom it's supposed to treat.