A year prior, the Biden administration gave different reasons for the start of the overdose deaths decline, describing its work to distribute more of the opioid-overdose reversing drug naloxone, ...

Supply shock' resulting from a crackdown on China's distribution of fentanyl and chemicals needed to make it means less of the deadly synthetic opioid on the streets, a new report suggests.

People in the United States can expect to live longer than ever, as death rates returned to pre-pandemic levels in 2024.

The Minnesota Department of Health issued a health advisory last week warning of an increase in overdose cases involving sedatives. Data collected by the department's Minnesota Drug Overdose and ...

The stuff on the street is getting more dangerous, which is partly why Phoenix saw nearly 6,000 opioid overdoses in 2025.

People who leave jail and prison are at extremely high risk of a drug overdose, research shows. In this study of people with probable opioid use disorder in Massachusetts county jails, those who ...

Luzerne County suicides are up, but drug overdose deaths are down, according to annual statistics released by county Coroner Dion Fernandes.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Drug overdose deaths have dropped across the country and in South Carolina. But law enforcement warns that trend might not stay that way because of new drugs coming onto the ...

Alaska had fewer overdose deaths in 2024 than in the year prior, and state health officials are working on ways to continue ...

Pennsylvania’s new law requires EMS to report overdoses to a statewide system, expanding data to improve the state’s opioid ...

A 38-year-old Grays Harbor County man was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Monday for drug trafficking heroin, ...

Brittany Murphy spent her final days fighting what she believed was nothing more than a stubborn cold, taking a mix of common over-the-counter medications in an attempt to get better. But when she ...