Hulu's new series "Dopesick" recounts the heartbreaking history of painkillers and how one company triggered the worst drug epidemic in American history. Taking place between 1996 and 2007, the ...

Shaquille O’Neal was never suspended for drug use of any kind during his decorated 19-year NBA career. The rugged 7-foot-1, 325-pound Hall of Fame center freely acknowledged playing through pain and ...

The landscape of prescription painkillers in America has transformed from a medical solution into a national crisis that touches every community. These medications, classified as opioids, ...

Michael Chinyem Okonkwo is a Nigerian-born, United States-based pharmacist and a doctoral researcher at the University of Houston, where he researches substance abuse disorders. He is an awardee of ...