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Director Peter Schleck summed up OPEGA's findings to lawmakers on the Government Oversight Committee on Friday.

The Drug Enforcement Administration is warning that drug dealers are marketing rainbow-colored fentanyl to kids. Many drug experts say that's likely not happening.

The sedative xylazine is starting to permeate illegal opioids and cocaine. It does not respond to naloxone, an overdose reversal medication, and may be to blame for grisly injuries and infections.

Drug overdoses are killing more people than ever in the U.S., and a new CDC report finds growing racial disparities among those who have died � with the largest increase among Black Americans.

President Nixon called for an "all-out offensive" against drugs and addiction. The U.S. is now rethinking policies that led to mass incarceration and shattered families while drug deaths kept rising.

Women aren't just upping their drinking, researchers say. Increasingly they are "drinking to cope," instead of for pleasure � which accelerates the risk of alcohol use disorder and its health damage.

A total of 134 Vermonters have died from opioid overdoses through November of last year, a 35% increase from the 99 deaths reported in all of 2019. A�

Several states approve marijuana for recreational and medicinal use. Oregon votes to decriminalize possession of small amounts of hard drugs.

Social distancing and self-isolation can be difficult for many, especially those recovering from substance abuse. This hour, from Zoom meetings to�

In his State of the State address, Gov. Phil Scott outlined his 2020 legislative agenda, including a proposal to make K-12 after-school programming more�