New York state, excluding New York City, had a decline in drug deaths that was more significant than the 27% drop overall in ...

Experts are sounding the alarm about increased use of kratom and about highly concentrated products containing 7-OH, a more ...

Allegheny County has announced plans to spend a $20 million opioid lawsuit payout. Officials said Thursday the county will ...

Medetomidine is more potent than xylazine, another animal anesthetic that began appearing years ago in the opioid supply.

The newest numbers from the Alabama Department of Public Health show overdose deaths are down year over year, a trend much of ...

A Kennebunk doctor and well-known addiction medicine specialist in Kennebunk will not serve any prison time after she was found guilty last summer of writing illegal prescriptions to five patients. U.

Data from the CDC shows overdose deaths dropped significantly both in Oklahoma and across the country last year. It says ...

One point of concern shared by local recovery advocates is the possible loss of state and federal grants that pay for Narcan ...

It’s time to abandon siloed efforts and embrace a unified approach to fighting the opioid epidemic, writes Jennifer ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Drug overdose deaths dropped significantly in Missouri and Kansas in 2024, new data shows. In Missouri, ...

A Kennebunk doctor found guilty last summer of issuing unauthorized prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances will not serve any prison time. Dr. Merideth Norris, 54, was convicted by ...

Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. plunged last year to their lowest level since 2019, according to the CDC. In 2024, nationwide overdose deaths fell by nearly 30,000 from the year before, a drop of ...