Merrifield was found dead in his patrol vehicle outside his house near Abiquiú Lake on April 20 after a night out with ...

It’s time to abandon siloed efforts and embrace a unified approach to fighting the opioid epidemic, writes Jennifer ...

VALDOSTA, Ga. (WALB) - Governor Brian Kemp signed the Fentanyl Eradication and Removal Act, also known as the FEAR Act, into ...

Carfentanil, a synthetic opioid 100 times more potent than fentanyl and 10,000 times more potent than morphine, has been confirmed for the first time in the illicit local drug supply.

Rhetoric from the White House risks growing misconceptions of what harm reduction is and, significantly, what it is not.

Amidst the ongoing fight against fentanyl in the Tucson area, another stronger and deadlier drug is now making its rounds.

U.S. drug deaths plunged in 2024, according to federal data published Wednesday, offering hope that public health measures ...

Health officials in Pima County say they're bracing for impact following the recent seizure by Tucson police of a synthetic ...

The FEAR Act now allows harsher penalties for those possessing, selling and distributing fentanyl and its related substances.

The number of drug overdose deaths nationwide in 2024 fell to the lowest level since 2019, according to data released this week by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. An estimated 80, ...

Nevada sees rising overdose deaths despite national decline. Local recovery advocate Sean O'Donnel, who lost his partner to ...

Researchers conducted a cross-sectional study examining the geospatial association between law enforcement drug seizures and opioid overdose deaths in San Francisco.