Opioid overdose deaths continued to rise among adolescents and young adults during a recent 5-year period, and synthetic ...

US drug overdose deaths (DODs) started declining in 2023, with a faster decline for opioid-related vs stimulant-related DOD rates.

West Virginia had the highest rate of fatal opioid overdoses of any state in 2023, according to a new analysis from KFF.  The analysis is based on finalized 2023 opioid overdose death totals from the ...

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

Among US youth, overdose deaths attributable to synthetic opioids alone are increasingly predominant, according to a study.

Despite the sharp decline in fentanyl overdose deaths, there were still 1,263 in L.A. County last year, representing a ...

A sudden rise in fatal overdoses has county officials urging care providers to be on alert and warn clients, as questions ...

The data for 2024 released Wednesday by the Public Health Agency of Canada showed 7,146 deaths were recorded last year, 80 per cent of which were in just three provinces.

Los Angeles County experienced a 22% decline in drug-related overdose deaths and poisonings in 2024, the most significant ...

Montgomery County has seen 20 fatal overdoses so far this year. In 2024, there were 83 fatal overdose deaths, a drop from 138 in 2023.

A little over half the state’s fatal overdoses from 2017 to 2023 involved methamphetamine use, according to a new bulletin ...