Drug overdoses are increasing for the first time in years and health experts are trying to figure out why - Street drug ...

Layoffs and funding freezes have gutted the CDC’s response to the opioid crisis—just as harm reduction was beginning to work ...

MONDAY, June 16, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The turning point in America’s drug overdose (OD) crisis came in August 2023, a new ...

The latest 12-month report from the CDC showed 1,400 more deaths in January of this year compared with the year prior. This ...

Two advocates demand systemic change in addiction treatment that prioritizes safety and accountability above all else.

Dr. Stephen Loyd is the chief medical officer of Cedar Recovery, president of the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners and a ...

While the U.S. has recently seen a welcome downturn in drug overdose deaths, a new study from Northwestern Medicine is the ...

Staff and budget cuts will result in fewer services for people fighting mental illness and addiction, including Narcan ...

A health secretary who systematically ignores mention of the major killer of adult Americans is clearly not interested in research on what could account for a decrease in deaths. I have been ...

The "opioid crisis" claimed the lives of over 80,000 Americans last year, and that figure was a 27 percent drop on the drug ...

America’s overdose death toll fell sharply in 2024, with fentanyl deaths down nearly 37 percent. But experts warn the crisis ...

We call them addicts. Users. Drug seekers — and we see them as less than human.   We often assume unhoused people ...