Researchers from the University of California San Diego have found that U.S. overdose death rates declined dramatically ...

About 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year — about 14% fewer than the previous year, according to preliminary government data.

For years, overdose deaths in North Carolina have been falling, part of a broader national trend that researchers say is ...

About 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year — about 14% fewer than the previous year, according to preliminary government data. It was the third straight annual drop, making it the longest ...

A designer drug described as 10 times more potent than fentanyl is causing an uptick in U.S. overdoses, according to health officials in multiple states. Known as cychlorphine, the synthetic opioid is ...

The following is a list of drug-related deaths as reported by the King County Medical Examiner. The Center Square does not ...

Drug overdose deaths declined by almost 27% in 2024, new provisional data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed. The decline continues a downward trend that began in 2023 ...

Adolescent drug fatalities, especially involving fentanyl, increased slower in 2023, with a slight decline in overall fatalities. Fentanyl-related deaths in adolescents rose from 32% in 2018 to 76% in ...

For a third consecutive year, fatal drug overdose deaths declined in the U.S. Unfortunately, not every state has followed ...

City officials released finalized reports Tuesday confirming that drug overdose deaths dropped slightly in 2023 and providing a more detailed picture of how the addiction crisis has been impacting ...