Category: Health and Society

It’s a 15% increase from 2020, with deaths from synthetic opioids, … it appears Woonsocket has one of the highest rates of overdose deaths.

During the coronavirus pandemic, the overdose crisis in the United States has only continued to worsen, with the Centers for Disease Control and …

Gabapentin detection and involvement in drug overdose deaths were found to have increased from 2019 to 2020.

State officials say the leading cause of death among Missouri adults ages 18 to 44 is by drug overdose, with more than 70% of the deaths involving …

A new report showing increases in opioid overdoses and deaths during the pandemic proves again the need for a safe drug supply and better housing, …

Includes prescription opioid-, heroin– and fentanyl-related deaths of Vermont … Last year, the drug was present in 93% of the fatal overdoses, …

Most of the deaths were fueled by fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that’s 80 to 100 times more potent than morphine, according to the U.S. Drug …

The number of overdose deaths rose almost 15% to nearly 108,000, based on death certificates the CDC reviews. “Since COVID started, we don’t have …

Newly released data from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention shows that drug overdoses and deaths rose again last year.

More than 70 percent of all drug overdose deaths in Missouri involved opioids — heroin, fentanyl, methadone, morphine, oxycodone, …