By 2009, overdose deaths had tripled to 30,000. The opioid crisis began escalating, and overdose deaths zoomed to 70,000+ a ...

Yes, it’s technically possible to overdose on Ozempic—but it’s unlikely, says Alexandra Sowa, MD, an internal medicine doctor ...

But Chief Carl Bowker of Hastings-Quinte Paramedic Services said the situation is a reminder of the ongoing lack of addictions-care services and the human cost of the opioid crisis locally.

Colorado’s community naloxone distribution program faces a financial shortfall as state funding dwindles, raising concerns ...

Baltimore City's opioid trial against the two drug distributors who didn’t settle has become, in many ways, a contest of expert witnesses.

An Oregon Health & Science University report found the Medicaid program has not done enough to prevent overdoses.

Dita Bhargava’s son Alec was a warm, loving, funny, handsome and athletic young man with mental health issues, including mild bipolar disorder, who self-medicated as a teen, going from marijuana to ...

Border Agents at the San Luis port of entry were able to step in and save an American woman from overdosing on Tuesday. They ...

Joseph Lestorti is a retired Supervisory Special Agent with the U.S. Department of State Diplomatic Security Service. Joe Buccino is a retired U.S. Army Colonel and the CEO of Vantage + Vox. David ...

On Friday, the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) announced the availability of $1.5 million in funding to implement community-based harm reduction services throughout Pennsylvania to help ...

A young man who joined a cohort in supplying a lethal dose of fentanyl to a 16-year-old French Valley girl pleaded guilty Friday to voluntary manslaughter and was immediately sentenced to four years ...

Jury deliberations in Baltimore’s opioid case against two drug distribution companies will stretch into next week.