Ohio medical examiner Anahi Ortiz was receiving more bodies than her office could process. The cause of death wasn’t COVID-19; it was drug overdoses. Over just 36 hours, Ortiz’s small office handled ...

Two states from the American Southwest are among the three worst regions in the country for drug abuse, a new study suggests ...

US overdose deaths fell by 27% in 2024, marking the largest one-year decline on record. CDC data shows 30,000 fewer deaths, ...

Currently, the administration is seeking bidders for a contract to extend the border wall between Nogales and Naco, Arizona.

The progress comes as the Trump administration is proposing to cut funding for many programs believed to have contributed to ...

President Trump has cited the U.S. fentanyl crisis as one of the reasons for tariff threats against the nation’s biggest ...

West Virginia has had the highest drug overdose death rate in the nation. The National Center for Health Statistics has shown that West Virginia has been experiencing a drug overdose death rate of ...

But America’s drug crisis hasn’t gone away — while overdose mortality rates are continuing to decline, with less than 81,000 deaths in the 12 months recorded up to November 2024, those ...

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