A nationwide drop in overdose deaths may be driven by a collapse of the international fentanyl supply chain in 2023, a Maryland criminologist in world drug markets reported in the journal Science. “We ...

Overdose deaths in adults age 65 and older from fentanyl mixed with stimulants, such as cocaine and methamphetamines, have surged 9,000% in the past eight years, matching rates found among younger ...

Beginning in 2023, there was less fentanyl in the U.S. drug supply. The opioid-overdose reversing drug naloxone’s availability is increasing and so is access to addiction treatment. Experts say the ...

RICHMOND — Law enforcement efforts, public safety campaigns and more life-saving measures have likely helped reduce the number of fatal overdoses from fentanyl. The number of deadly fentanyl overdoses ...

A young man approached a card table set up under the Green Line tracks on the city’s West Side and asked the woman behind it if she had any clean needles or naloxone, a medication that can reverse the ...

A recent scientific study identified the reduced supply of fentanyl as one of the primary factors behind a significant drop in the number of overdose deaths since the latter half of 2023. There were ...

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Fresno County has made major progress in the fight against fentanyl, with overdose deaths dropping to a five-year low. "We're at a better place," District Attorney Lisa ...

BALTIMORE — A nationwide drop in overdose deaths may be driven by a collapse of the international fentanyl supply chain in 2023, a Maryland criminologist in world drug markets reported in the journal ...

As fentanyl overdose deaths fall to levels not seen since 2019, Republicans say they intend to push those numbers even lower ...