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A new study co-authored by a Utah State University researcher looks at how families manage the stigma associated with opioid addiction.
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County Mayor Jenny Wilson said it’s not enough to repair the damage to the community but it’s a start.
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Representatives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture met with a dozen groups affected by the state’s opioid epidemic on Wednesday. They were looking…
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Salt Lake County has assembled a group of high-profile attorney’s to take on 19 pharmaceutical companies over their role in the opioid crisis. The…
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Carbon County has some of the highest rates of opioid overdoses and death by suicide in the state. This week the Southeast Utah Health Department held a…
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Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes doubled down on his argument that the state should sue pharmaceutical companies for their role in the country’s opioid…
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Odyssey House is Utah’s biggest addiction treatment provider. On Thursday officials unveiled a new inpatient facility to help people struggling with…
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One person dies from an opioid overdose nearly every day in Utah. In this heavily Mormon state, one addict-turned prevention advocate is asking the…
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To better understand the opioid crisis try talking to an addict's mother. KUER's Erik Neumann spent an evening hearing honest, heartbreaking, and…
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Utah is consistently in the top 10 states for opioid overdose deaths. For years many Utahns have suffered in silence when it comes to addiction. But one…
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A Justice Department program that tackles heroin, prescription drug abuse and violent crime is coming to Utah.As part of the Drug Enforcement Agency’s 360…
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While some are praising Utah’s new needle exchange program, which operates primarily in Salt Lake County, officials in other parts of the state are…