Seattle and San Francisco scale back harm reduction policies distributing drug supplies, signaling a shift in how West Coast ...

Adolescent drug fatalities, especially involving fentanyl, increased slower in 2023, with a slight decline in overall fatalities. Fentanyl-related deaths in adolescents rose from 32% in 2018 to 76% in ...

A Florida nonprofit with a mission to combat the state’s overdose epidemic is introducing an artificial intelligence tool ...

Hamilton County is experiencing a notable decline in drug overdose deaths, marking the fourth consecutive year of reductions.

Most hospitals already offer naloxone to anyone treated for an opioid overdose, but two hospitals are investigating whether ...

A Raleigh mom is raising awareness about drug overdose risks by gifting skateboards to children across the Triangle area. Her ...

Opioid overdose deaths have dropped to the lowest they have been in three years, new estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest, in the wake of a record surge of fatalities ...

Police arrested a woman for providing what they described as a cocktail of drugs that led to the overdose death of another ...

Drug overdose deaths have been dropping precipitously at the local and national level, new statistics show. But the data does not capture the intensified symptoms complicating withdrawal management in ...

Narcan nasal spray. Narcan, or naloxone, reverses the effects of an opioid overdose. The latest data reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicts about a 30% decrease in ...

An executive order declaring fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction could remove supports that keep people alive.

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 ...