We wish to express our appreciation to the international partners who condemned the events in Burkina Faso and took immediate action to help prevent the country's democratic transi...
Four in five heroin users started out by misusing prescription drugs.
In 2013 alone, overdoses from prescription pain medications killed more than 16,000 Americans.
Many prescription pain medications belong to the same class of drugs as heroin.
Burkinabe citizens again refused to accept infringement of their right to choose leaders in a legitimate process.
With no other disease do we expect people to wait until they're a danger to themselves or others to self-diagnose and se...
The United States congratulates the people of Burkina Faso for their success in defending Burkinabe democracy.
Getting smarter about how we address substance use disorders is a vital part of reforming our criminal justice system.
This is something I'll be talking about more in the weeks to come in communities across the country.
We have to keep working to reduce drug use through evidence-based treatment, prevention, and recovery.
More Americans now die every year from drug overdoses than they do in car crashes.