Tennessee’s overdose surveillance system is not designed to detect newly engineered synthetic opioids quickly. The emergence ...

Newly released statistics from Hamilton County Coroner Dr. Lakshmi Sammarco show that drug trends are changing.

Cocaine overdose deaths in Laredo are now outpacing opioid deaths, according to data presented at a Drug and Alcohol Commission meeting.

An analysis of state health data shows that opioid overdose hospitalizations have decreased by more than 20% in the last year, marking two consecutive years of declining emergency department visits in ...

Socially vulnerable counties face higher overdose deaths and treatment needs, findings that could help prioritize funding and programming responses, according to Rutgers researchers Opioids such as ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Opioid-related overdoses in 2024 dropped in half compared to 2023, a new report from the Ingham County Health Department shows. The Ingham County Substance Use Surveillance ...

Opioids were involved in one out of every 65 deaths in the U.S. in 2016. For younger adults, that number jumped to one in five deaths, a study published in JAMA Network Open found. Research was ...

The number of opioid prescriptions in Tennessee increased by 31.6 percent from 2007 to 2011, and the rise in prescriptions was linked to an increase in opioid overdose mortalities, according to a ...

L.A. County halted sales of kratom products over concern about potential overdoses. Some say officials aren't considering how ...

Health insurance loss, changes "may undermine continuity of critical treatment," researche ...

In a prison system rife with drugs, a new civil rights lawsuit accuses the Missouri DOC of punishing people for addiction, rather than treating it.