Since their peak less than three years ago, opioid overdose deaths dropped nearly by half as of October, according to a ...

With the drop in overdose deaths, “we're celebrating: a death toll that exceeds total American combat fatalities in Vietnam, ...

Project Weber/RENEW on July 10, 2025. The center provides harm reduction and recovery services and sits next to the Rhode Island Hospital campus in Providence. Credit: Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror This ...

This week's Trivia Tuesday question revisits a device designed to prevent opioid overdoses. Why did readers respond so ...

Baltimore’s finalized plan for tackling opioid overdoses, released Thursday, promises to reduce opioid overdose deaths ...

Over the past decade, overdose protections and programs like Project Weber-Renew have expanded, but with Trump back in office, this trend may be short lived. Employees with Project Weber-Renew in ...

Three years ago, drug overdose deaths involving opioids like fentanyl — a powerful painkiller — were on the rise, here in Florida and nationwide. In 2021, more than 8,000 people died of fatal drug ...

In Connecticut’s last legislative session, language to establish overdose prevention centers in the state was stripped out of a bill before it got to a final vote in the House. Lawmakers and advocates ...

Injection drug use in the Appalachian region led to a significant syndemic of fatal overdoses and rising rates of HIV and ...

The chief impact officer of United Way Broward writes that the development of a countywide opioid action plan has coincided ...

CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — Multiple Charleston County law enforcement agencies and organizations will be handing out free overdose prevention kits across the county Thursday. Law enforcement ...

Overdose deaths from opioids rose in Colorado, diverging from the national trend, which has been decreasing, according to a new study from a think tank.