Older adults in New Jersey recorded the highest number of suspected overdose deaths in 2025, according to the New Jersey ...

Cooper University Hospital paramedics are the first in the nation to carry an injectable form of a drug that treats opioid ...

Overdose deaths from opioids rose in Colorado, diverging from the national trend, which has been decreasing, according to a new study from a think tank.

From 2016-2025, the co-involvement of stimulants in fentanyl overdose deaths increased 164%, according to a new report by Millennium Health, a San Diego-based specialty lab that conducts urine drug ...

Multiple states have raised the alarm in the past month about cychlorphine, a synthetic opioid tied to several dozen recent ...

A newly identified synthetic opioid has been linked to at least 16 overdose deaths in East Tennessee, according to ...

A nonfatal opioid overdose is often treated as a near miss. But clinically, it is one of the strongest predictors of future harm—and one of the few moments when patients are actively engaged with the ...

Nalmefene, a medication approved to reverse opioid overdoses, works similarly to naloxone.

CRANSTON – Five Ocean State communities saw a sudden increase in overdoses in early March, the R.I. Department of Health said ...

United States overdose deaths in 2025 fell to levels similar to before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Overdose deaths for the ...

There’s a warning about a dangerous new synthetic opioid that’s said to be 10 times stronger than fentanyl. Several states, including California, have detected cychlorphine mixed with illegal street ...

Cities and towns received nearly $108 million in funds in 2025 and spent only $13 million.