Synthetic opioid deaths fell sharply in 2023 and 2024 after a shock to the fentanyl supply. New evidence points to precursor ...

In recent years, drug abuse has fueled a surge in overdose deaths and created an emergent public health crisis in the United ...

Tasers, virtual reality headsets, and a baby shower. These are just some of the ways New York counties spent their share of ...

A federally recognized tribe in California is suing the Indian Health Service for unlawfully rejecting a proposal for an ...

A new Science paper links the sharp decline in U.S. overdose deaths since 2023 to reduced fentanyl potency, pointing to a ...

The West Side Heroin/Opioid Task Force office is based at Lake and Pulaski, what it considers ground zero for the city’s ...

Opioids: In the last 20 years, they've spread through every corner of the country. Every town — almost every person — has been impacted by these drugs in one way or another. Still, confusion and ...

Lawton installs a Naloxone vending machine to combat opioid overdoses, offering free, easy access to the lifesaving drug.

Data shows New Jersey recorded 2,816 overdose deaths in 2023. That’s about an 11 percent decline from the prior year, with ...

A new study suggests that falling involvement in organized religion among middle-aged white Americans with less education may have contributed to the rise in what are known as “deaths of despair.” ...

Pregnant women who reported opioid use disorder were more likely to face serious health complications, as were their children ...

For people who study the opioid epidemic, 2025 marks a grim anniversary: It has been 30 years since the Food and Drug Administration approved the opioid OxyContin for the treatment of chronic pain.