In Michigan, overdose deaths decreased from 2,992 in 2023 to 1,916 in 2024 — the lowest number in almost a decade.

Grassroots public health efforts and shifts in drug use have contributed to the sharp decline in overdose deaths.

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 ...

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

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, ...

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

Drug overdose deaths dropped in the United States last year to the lowest levels seen in five years, according to a new ...

A vending machine outside an Asbury Park clinic carries syringes, kits for using crack and Narcan to fight overdoses. It's designed to save lives.

Drug overdoses have been a point of focus for lawmakers in recent years, particularly alongside the rise of illicit fentanyl use.

UM-Health Sparrow, the medical examiner for seven counties, said its coverage area had the lowest number of overdose deaths ...