An Orleans Parish judge has ruled that Coroner Dwight McKenna’s office is liable for “reckless and outrageous misconduct” ...

The decrease in fentanyl overdoses, drug policy experts have said, has more to do with public health measures than changes in ...

A mother was arrested in Spokane Valley after her one-year-old child reportedly overdosed on fentanyl. According to the ...

Nearly 87,000 Americans died from drug overdose in the United States in the 12-month period ending September 2024, a decline ...

According to the latest figures, deaths involving synthetic opioids, like fentanyl analogs, also decreased by 9.5% in 2023, ...

Police rushed to the Women In Need shelter on Glenwood Road near Schenectady Ave. in East Flatbush around 8 a.m., police said ...

During that time, drug overdose deaths decreased by 4% nationwide, marking the first time overdose deaths declined since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. The trend continued into ...

The CDC reports a 24% decline in drug overdose deaths from October 2023 to September 2024, driven by naloxone distribution, expanded treatment programs, and community outreach, including efforts by ...

Spokane County Sheriff's say that the boy had access to the drug paraphernalia that was used by his mother, Samantha J.

Nonfatal opioid overdose rates declined in Alaska in 2024, a potentially hopeful sign for a state that had a record number of ...