When the state stopped prosecuting the possession of small amounts of drugs, deaths climbed. Correlation or causation?

The most powerful answer to a public health crisis comes with raising awareness and taking action.

For years, drug overdose deaths in the U.S. had been on the rise. This year, data indicates they’ve suddenly started to ...

A recent spike in overdoses has led the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department to issue a public warning. Between Sept.

Bellingham police and Whatcom County sheriff’s deputies have a new tool to fight the opioid epidemic — Washington state’s ...

A Chowan County jury indicted Steve Allen Patrick, Jr. and Ja’Nyryah White in connection with several fatal overdoses.

In the first quarter of 2024, the DEA has seized a record number of fentanyl pills in the Rocky Mountain region and is on ...

The Shelter Island Police Department, Town Social Worker Alexandra Hakim, and the Shelter Island School, have teamed up to ...

A low-cost housing complex launched during the pandemic to help ease homelessness in Santa Fe saw two overdose deaths within just a few hours of each other one Saturday late last month. Timmy Bailey ...

The decrease across the country is a major breakthrough in efforts to reverse the effects of fentanyl. Researchers and health ...

HARRISBURG, PA – Nathan R. Wolfe, a 41-year-old resident of Kittanning, Armstrong County, has been sentenced to 25 to 50 ...

The core premise of Measure 110 was that “a health-based approach to addiction and overdose is more effective, humane and cost-effective than criminal punishments.” That decriminalization not only ...