Droughts have been known to reduce overdose deaths. For example, Australia experienced a significant “heroin drought” in 2001 ...

U.S. overdose deaths fell through the most of last year, suggesting a lasting improvement in an epidemic that worsened for ...

A University of Maryland criminologist reports that shortages of precursor chemicals, not reduced demand, likely drove the ...

A new Science paper links the sharp decline in U.S. overdose deaths since 2023 to reduced fentanyl potency, pointing to a ...

The number of drug overdose deaths continued to fall in 2025, albeit at a slower pace than the year prior, new data from the ...

Federal authorities say drug trafficking ringleader Joshua Ocasio of Middletown led a squad of runners specializing in "home ...

Hundreds of people die in San Francisco every year from accidental drug overdoses. 2025 was tragically no different, with 621 ...

The Minnesota Department of Health issued a health advisory last week warning of an increase in overdose cases involving sedatives. Data collected by the department's Minnesota Drug Overdose and ...

Denver recorded 515 overdose deaths in 2025 and a sharp rise in fentanyl fatalities, even as national deaths fell.

A new drug called "flysky" has been spreading throughout the Pittsburgh region, and officials are warning that it can be deadly. In Fayette County over the last few days, there have been at least two ...

A man in Carlisle is facing charges after a drug overdose reportedly resulted in the death of a person.According to police, ...