The Sacklers’ settlement includes a release that can shield them and others like them from legal consequences. The ramifications are huge.

Urban legends about poisoned candy have changed to match the times.

The U.S. has treatments to help people dealing with opioid addictions but throws up hurdles to access.

Patrick Radden Keefe’s new book provides the fullest accounting so far of Purdue Pharma’s role in the opioid crisis.

Since their company, Purdue Pharma, released OxyContin in 1996, almost half a million Americans have died from opioid overdoses.

Alaska’s health clinics were founded to help indigenous people like my family. Thanks to the FDA and Big Pharma, the clinics unwittingly enabled a crisis instead.

The controversial proposed deal with Purdue Pharma hints at better alternatives to for-profit pharmaceutical companies.

Meet the first—and only—corporate executive to be charged in the opioid crisis.