opioids

Local governments in Oklahoma are taking an active role in managing mental health care with opioid settlement funds, but some are struggling to take on new responsibilities while existing services are cut.

Education about fentanyl abuse will soon be required for middle and high school students in all Oklahoma school districts.

ODMHSAS is launching a new initiative to educate how to safely use, store and dispose of opioids and other prescription meds.

The U.S. Department of Health announced more than $2.6 million in awards Thursday to support Oklahoma’s response to fentanyl and other opioid overdose risks in rural communities.

Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced the Oklahoma Opioid Abatement Board will begin awarding eligible groups money to counteract some impacts from the opioid epidemic.

Oklahoma has one of the highest hepatitis C virus rates in the country. That's one of the reasons why the Cherokee Nation is gearing up a new harm reduction program in Tahlequah.

Oklahoma was one of the first states to successfully sue drugmakers for their role in the opioid epidemic, but almost none of that money has been spent so far.

The legal fight over who is responsible, and who should pay for the national opioid crisis that has killed thousands of Americans will likely take…

An Oklahoma judge has ruled that drugmaker Johnson & Johnson helped ignite the state’s opioid crisis by deceptively marketing painkillers, and must pay…

The ongoing court case against opioid manufacturer Johnson & Johnson highlighted the role that doctors, and the medical boards who regulate them, have…