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Over the past decade, far too many lives have been lost to fentanyl-related overdoses.  No doubt, many of us here in Southern ...
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 ...
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 ...
Drug overdose deaths among Black Bostonians fell by nearly 60% last year. It's an achievement to be recognized, but much work ...
Despite the sharp decline in fentanyl overdose deaths, there were still 1,263 in L.A. County last year, representing a ...
The county recorded 2,438 drug-related overdose and poisoning deaths in 2024, down from 3,137 deaths in 2023 — the lowest ...
Law enforcement cannot fight fentanyl alone. As we enter the summer months — when overdose rates often rise — we need ...
Colorado will use $3 million from the state’s opioid settlement fund to provide the overdose-reversal drug naloxone to local ...