opioid

WASHINGTON — The Senate unanimously adopted a resolution offered by Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., and a bipartisan group of four other senators aimed at rai...

It’s nabbed headlines on a regular basis throughout the year, taking lives and ruining lives. The Era’s newsmaker of the year for 2016 is the opioid c...

Dear Santa, This is a Christmas list unlike most you’ve seen. I’m not looking for mittens, or video games, or the latest smartphone. Santa, I’m hoping...

Where should one look to find a cause of the opioid epidemic plaguing the nation? Elk County District Attorney Shawn T. McMahon has some specific thou...

With prescription pain medicine and heroin addiction rising​ across the nation, and with overdose as the leading cause of death among youth, experts b...

OLEAN, N.Y. —Cattaraugus County heroin overdoses have decreased in early fall — something attributed to several large drug busts, the Cattaraugus Coun...

"Strange, isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives. When he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?" — Clarence, "It's a Wonder...

Until recently, it was routine for many patients complaining of pain to get sent home from the doctor’s office with a prescription for weeks’ worth of...