Opioids

Preventing chronic disease could help curb the opioid epidemic, according to research from the University of Georgia.The study is the first to examine the…

Prescriptions for opioids, as well as possible indicators of abuse, continue to fall in Georgia.The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports new figures…

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump are headed to an event in Atlanta where they're teaming up to provide an update on the nation's opioid…

Though the majority of opioid overdose deaths affect younger people, older adults remain the heaviest users of opioid medications. And a steadily growing…

9th District Congressman Doug Collins and Democratic Congressman Ted Deutch of Florida have introduced a bill to fight the opioid epidemic on multiple…

A Georgia woman has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for selling counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl and synthetic opioids that…

An Athens law firm is taking the lead in opioid litigation in the state. Blasingame, Burch, Garrard & Ashley is representing 28 Georgia counties, cities,…

The nation's chief doctor wants more Americans to start carrying the overdose antidote naloxone to help combat the nation's opioid crisis and save…

Can legalizing marijuana fight the problem of opioid addiction and fatal overdoses? Two new studies in the debate suggest it may.Pot can relieve chronic…

An Athens law firm is representing another local community joining a multi-district lawsuit.Madison, Hall, Cook, Irwin, and Walton counties are now…