A drug called buprenorphine may be the best tool doctors have to fight the fentanyl crisis. Why hasn’t it been more widely adopted? A dose of buprenorphine, an opioid that can help treat addiction to ...

How political red tape and a drug company’s thirst for profits limited the reach of a drug that experts believe could have reduced the opioid epidemic’s toll. Credit...Photo illustration by Ben Denzer ...

I found the clinics could be very stigmatising and judgmental.” Experiences like Niall’s are not uncommon in addiction ...

The Metropolitan Detention Center Healthcare Authority added nearly $700,000 to the jail’s addiction clinic for the next fiscal year — upping Bernalillo County’s overall budget by several hundred ...