Over one million friends, family members, partners and children have died of overdose since 2000, mostly because of illegally ...

Experts are puzzling over which interventions are saving lives. The evolving illicit supply itself may hold important clues.

In the midst of an opioid epidemic that has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans, a decline in deaths was welcome news, ...

The opioid epidemic has led to tragic deaths across the nation for decades ... We have seen a significant drop in the lethality of counterfeit pills seized in our communities this past year. In 2023, ...

While the scourge has been plaguing the country for over 20 years, a decrease in overdose mortality, particularly of fentanyl ...

U.S. overdose deaths decline 14.5% in 2024, driven by weaker fentanyl potency, harm reduction efforts, and shifts in drug use ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 111,802 overdose deaths were reported in the 12 months ...

The synthetic opioid accounts for about 70,000 overdose deaths annually in the U.S., with most smuggled ... 286 pounds of ...

An effort to reduce overdose deaths in Travis County appears to be working. County leaders said the decrease is a good sign, ...

The latest data by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed that the drug overdose deaths in the U.S. fell by 10 percent year-over-year in April, representing ...

Virginia’s comprehensive approach to tackling the challenge of the deadly drug fentanyl has resulted in a 33% decline in ...

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