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

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

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

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

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

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

Fentanyl is the prime cause of an overdose death rate that has tripled over the last decade. In 2013, there were 3,105 deaths ...

The county recorded 2,438 drug-related overdose and poisoning deaths in 2024, down from 3,137 deaths in 2023 — the lowest ...

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

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

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