opiod epidemic

MU Health Care and the Boone County government are teaming up in their fight against opioids in mid-Missouri.

Boone County signed on to a class action settlement against supermarket chain Gerbes' parent company Kroger on Tuesday.

A new report found that more than 3,700 pregnant women and new mothers were hospitalized in Missouri for opioid abuse in the past two years.The St. Louis…

The dangers of opioids are forcing police to change the way they test drugs found during traffic stops or arrests.For decades, officers have put suspected…

The Missouri House is advancing a bill to make it legal for organizations to provide free needles to drug users. Republican Rep. Holly Rehder on Tuesday…

The Boone County Sherriff’s Department collected a record 972 pounds of medication in last weekend’s “Prescription Drug Take Back” event.The Sherriff’s…

Columbia will establish a prescription drug monitoring program, joining an existing database in St. Louis County, in an effort to address drug-related…