The encouraging data is led by a sharp decrease in fentanyl-related deaths and attributed to countywide investments in ...

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

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

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

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

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

While overdose-related deaths in Connecticut are on the decline — the number dropped last year to 982, a 26% reduction from ...

Opioid overdoses nationwide have declined significantly since fall of 2023, but not in Alaska. One thing Alaska experts ...

Medicaid cuts in the Republican budget threaten the progress that’s been made in opioid overdose prevention across the ...

The potent synthetic opioid, developed for large animals, threatens to reverse Michigan's recent progress in reducing ...

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