Drug overdose deaths involving benzodiazepines steadily increased from 1,135 in 1999 to 11,537 in 2017 followed by a decline ...

Experts are unsure as to what is causing the decline, which saw deaths decrease by some 14% between June 2023 and 2024.

U.S. drug overdose deaths are on pace to fall to the lowest levels since 2020, according to new provisional data from the ...

In the latest CDC data, overdose death reports are down in 45 states. Increases occurred in Alaska, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and ...

Matheny, 23, was sentenced to 71 months in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to possession with the intent to distribute ...

A jury found McKesson and Cencora liable for $266 million in damages to the city of Baltimore for fueling the opioid crisis.

Justice was delivered for the victim of this terrible tragedy,” District Attorney Dan Rubinstein said in the release. “I hope ...

In an effort to reduce drug overdose deaths and help Ohioans battle substance use disorders ... “These additional dollars will allow us to provide some direct funding for services, which then takes ...

President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday celebrated new data showing the largest recorded year-over-year drop in US ...

Drug overdose deaths in the United States appear to continue to decline, giving experts hope that the nation is seeing sustained improvement in what remains an epidemic. Some 97,000 people died of ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The decline in U.S. drug overdose deaths appears to have continued this year, giving experts hope the nation is seeing sustained improvement in the persistent epidemic.