Health officials credited measures including large-scale investments in drug treatment and overdose prevention for a sharp ...

The latest available data, compiled in January of this year, shows fatal overdoses over the previous 12-month period ...

Conducted by Public Health’s Bureau of Substance Abuse Prevention and Control (SAPC), this analysis is part of an annual data ...

US drug overdose deaths (DODs) started declining in 2023, with a faster decline for opioid-related versus stimulant-related DOD rates.

One North Carolina city offers a window into how Medicaid cuts may affect national efforts to address opioid addiction and ...

Kentucky crime “While the Kentucky State Police is charged with compiling this report each year, we could not fulfill our ...

The notable decrease in deaths includes a 37% decline in fentanyl-related deaths and a 20% drop in methamphetamine-related ...

Due to the drug's high strength, multiple doses of naloxone could be required to reverse an overdose. The drug's reemergence ...

Law enforcement cannot fight fentanyl alone. As we enter the summer months — when overdose rates often rise — we need ...

According to data compiled by Public Health Ontario, there were 51 overdose deaths in London and Middlesex County in the ...

Compassion and education appears to have been effective for young people, a population that has died at alarming rates from opioid overdoses.

Health officials warn that the ultra-potent drug has been linked to 11 overdose deaths across six counties this year ...