Category: Health and Society

That’s a 24% decrease in opioid-related EMS responses and a 18% drop in deaths compared to the same period in 2020. Lee Rusch, director of the West …

The Drug Enforcement Administration says it continues to see overdose deaths climb at an alarming rate, especially those caused by the synthetic …

Maine recorded 635 suspected drug overdose deaths last year. … Maine is experiencing a perfect storm of crises with opioid deaths, …

… a record year of drug overdoses in 2021. Technical Forensic Director Sara Schreiber says fentanyl was present in 80 percent of those deaths.

Neko Forbes pleaded guilty to one count of reckless homicide by drug delivery and had three more charges dismissed as part of a plea agreement.

Drug Enforcement Agency agents, state police and Hartford police scoured … The drug contributes to 75 percent of drug overdose deaths in the …

Under state law, a drug dealer in Florida faces the possibility of death or life in prison if they sell a controlled substance that is deemed the …

That is about 19 people overdosing and dying in Florida every day. A 2019 annual drug report revealed the drugs causing the most deaths were fentanyl, …

DeSantis started it in 2019 and described it as ongoing and essential in a time of increased overdose deaths and influxes of fentanyl from Mexico.

Mason says the report explodes the stereotype that older Americans are less likely to abuse drugs. “Older adults are like other Americans who are …