Category: Health and Society

State health officials battling an influx of both drugs said many of the deaths appeared to be the result of combining the two. Drug overdoses, which …

One person died from a drug overdose every five minutes in the United States in 2021, a record level that is up 15% from overdose deaths counted …

As drug overdose deaths climb, experts assess strategies to stem the tide … Stemming the tide of the opioid crisis in rural communities requires …

Mothers Against Drug Deaths are asking the Governor to launch a statewide approach to the growing opioid crisis – particularly the drug fentanyl.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A man who sold a potent mix of heroin and fentanyl, leading to two overdose deaths, warned an undercover cop – posing as a drug …

Rahul Gupta, MD, MPH, MBA, FACP, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy director, said in the report that a life is lost to overdose …

The U.S. recorded more than 100,000 deaths from drug overdoses in 2021 — more than any previous year, in a sobering milestone for an epidemic that …

Between over a 12-month period, more than 103,000 overdose deaths were recorded in the U.S., according to the National Center for Health Statistics, …

“We have a drug crisis in this country. Mothers, fathers, daughters, sons, sisters, and brothers gone too soon because of drug overdoses,” said Dr.

Drugs have become more potent than ever. The synthetic opioid fentanyl is mixed into street drugs, making them especially deadly.