Attorney General Phil Weiser announced Tuesday that money from Colorado's opioid settlement will go into a statewide fund to ...

U.S. drug overdose deaths (DODs) started declining in 2023, with a faster decline for opioid-related versus stimulant-related ...

The overdose threat to all workplaces is real. The cultural memory in America: 40,000 Americans die every year of car crashes ...

The latest available data, compiled in January of this year, shows fatal overdoses over the previous 12-month period ...

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 ...

District Attorney Michael E. McMahon hosted the Staten Island Fentanyl and Overdose Task Force at its first meeting of the ...

Adults with advanced cancer had more emergency department visits for uncontrolled pain and opioid-related complications from 2012 to 2017.

Introduction: A National Shift Worth Examining The United States witnessed something unexpected between 2023 and 2024—a 24% reduction in drug overdose deaths, as reported by the Centers for Disease ...

I can say something I never imagined possible two decades ago: We are finally making real, measurable progress in the fight against drug overdoses in America. Recently, ...

U.S. drug deaths dropped by roughly 40% last year among people under the age of 35. It's a welcome pivot for families and ...

The United States has been battling an opioid crisis for decades, marked by three distinct waves of rising overdose deaths. The first wave began in the 1990s with the widespread overprescription ...