An analysis of state health data shows that opioid overdose hospitalizations have decreased by more than 20% in the last year ...

The Louisiana Department of Health launched Project Maternal Overdose Mortality Project to work directly with hospitals ...

Synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, methadone, and buprenorphine have been linked to 524 deaths in England since the end of ...

Imagine the scene. You walk into a room to find your loved one unconscious on the floor, barely breathing. You know your loved one has been using prescription painkillers or heroin and believe s/he ...

More deaths can likely be attributed to opioids than previously thought, and that is largely thanks to a substance called nitazene. The synthetic drug can be five to nine times stronger than fentanyl, ...

Opioids were involved in one out of every 65 deaths in the U.S. in 2016. For younger adults, that number jumped to one in five deaths, a study published in JAMA Network Open found. Research was ...

Cocaine overdose deaths in Laredo are now outpacing opioid deaths, according to data presented at a Drug and Alcohol Commission meeting.

American life expectancy dipped for a second consecutive year in 2016. This decline was once again largely fueled by soaring rates of opioid overdose deaths, according to two reports from the CDC’s ...