The state called the new data "a major public health milestone," one that represents "years of extra joy and life." ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – The number of opioid-related overdose fatalities fell below 1,000 for the first time in more than a decade in ...

Since their peak less than three years ago, opioid overdose deaths have dropped nearly by half as of October, according to a Stateline analysis. The drop comes as a shrinking fentanyl supply has made ...

After nearly a decade of almost year-over-year increases in overdose deaths, the tide may finally be turning in Philadelphia. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced in May 2024 an ...

CHICAGO, Ill. -- Accidental overdoses aren't the only deadly risk from using powerful prescription painkillers - the drugs may also contribute to heart-related deaths and other fatalities, new ...

America's opioid crisis is showing signs of subsiding, a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. Drug overdose deaths decreased by 4% between 2022 and 2023, according ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Opioid-related deaths with GI complications increased by 218.6% between 2010 and 2020. Men and people living in ...

Two-thirds of drug deaths around the world were caused by opioids in 2017, and that proportion was even higher in the U.S., where overdose deaths reached a new high, according to a report from the ...

Could sex hormones explain the difference in opioid use and misuse between genders? Since 1999, the American opioid epidemic has killed more than half a million people, and according to the National ...

The drug is about 10 times more potent than fentanyl, which is 200 times as powerful as heroin.