There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded.

In 2024, the United States witnessed a historic 27% decline in drug overdose deaths, with estimates showing 80,000 fatalities. Factors contributing to this decrease include increased availability of ...

Drug overdose deaths dropped in the United States in 2024 to the lowest levels seen in five years, according to a new CDC report published Wednesday morning.

The Selma Police Department announced that knowing how to use naloxone, also known as Narcan, can mean the difference between ...

Despite the White House naming overdose prevention among its top drug policy priorities, a recently leaked federal budget proposal suggests it would cut a program that directly expands access to ...

While well-intentioned, Scott L. Bohn’s op-ed “Equipping first responders for the age of synthetic opioids” (April 28, TribLive) calling for expanded use of high dose and long-lasting opioid overdose ...

The Allentown Health Bureau announced it has installed two naloxone pole boxes to help save lives and respond to the opioid ...

The Trump administration has proposed cutting a $56 million grant that teaches first responders how to use the lifesaving ...

So we wanted people to be able to discreetly have access to it," says a Broward Sheriff's Office official about ...