Fatal overdoses among US youth from synthetic opioids alone surged from 2018 to 2022, surpassing deaths from polydrug ...

Overdoses and drug poisonings are the third leading cause of death in people under age 20, per the CDC, and synthetic opioids ...

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

Changes in OD death rates varied between states based on specific drug types, the report says: Drug overdose deaths involving any opioid decreased in 20 states and increased in nine states.

Opioid overdose deaths have been on the decline across the nation since 2023, with a reported 23% decrease from 2023 to 2024, ...

Assemblyman Robert Smullen, R,C-Mohawk Valley and the Adirondacks. held a press conference alongside Co-Founder of the ...

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has been awarded a $3.8 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, ...

Nationwide, the United States is also seeing a broad decrease in deaths related to opioid overdoses. In May, the Centers for ...

An overdose of medetomidine can cause extreme sleepiness, very low blood pressure, slow heart rate, trouble breathing ...

The state attorney general's office credited the broad response to the opioid crisis, including prevention, recovery and ...

According to officials, this projection will mark the third consecutive year the state saw a decline in opioid overdose ...

Washtenaw County recorded its lowest overdose death count in nearly a decade, dropping 25% in 2024. But fentanyl and rising meth use continue to pose serious risks, according to the June 2025 report.