Category: Health and Society

Officials say the SOR program helps reduce overdose deaths and close the gap … untreated addiction and drug trafficking,” said Dr. Rahul Gupta, …

However, the actor grappled with drug addiction since his teens growing up in the Vanderveer Projects of Brooklyn’s East Flatbush neighborhood. During …

In 2021, overdoses killed more than 107,000 Americans, an average of one overdose death every 5 minutes. It’s a 15% increase from 2020, …

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 …