The Latest Breaking News from Opioids

More nitazene and fentanyl are reaching Canberra's streets.

With Aussies everywhere struggling with opioid dependence, should pubs & clubs be prepared with anti-overdose meds. We speak to the experts.

Hundreds of millions of people around the world experience chronic pain – meaning pain that lasts longer than three months. While the numbers vary from country to country, most studies estimate that about 10% of the global population is affected, so more than 800 million people.

As opioid overdose deaths in the U.S. rose dramatically from 2014 to today, both Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Camden, New Jersey, cemented reputations as hotspots of the crisis.

Earlier this month, drugs sold as cocaine in Melbourne were found to be contaminated with a powerful group of opioids, known as nitazenes.

A group of people found dead in a suburban Melbourne home all had synthetic opioids in their system, say police investigating the mysterious deaths.

The US Supreme Court on Thursday rejected Purdue Pharma's $6 billion opioids settlement immunizing the Sackler family, which controlled the drugmaker, from future litigation.

The Supreme Court has rejected a settlement for OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and members of the Sackler family who own the company

The Supreme Court has rejected a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would've shielded Sackler family members who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids but also would've provided billions of dollars to combat the epidemic