Opioids accounted for 86 percent of all drug overdose deaths in the state with the highest overdose mortality rate.

Drug overdose deaths in Massachusetts tied to opioids are at their lowest level in more than a decade, according the ...

The CDC reported that 107,941 Americans died from drug overdoses — which is about 1% higher than overdose deaths in 2021. CDC. The rate of overdose deaths declined for women — for the first ...

Across 31 states and the District of Columbia which had enough data reported to the CDC on toxicology reports from overdose deaths, the agency says xylazine was detected in 9% of fatal overdoses ...

Opioid related overdose deaths fell 36% in Massachusetts in 2024, reaching their lowest point since 2013, according to ...

Drug overdose deaths fell by 27 percent in 2024, according to the provisional data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The drop represents a significant ...

Drug overdose deaths involving cocaine and psychostimulants such as methamphetamine have been rising quickly in the United States in recent years, and a new report from the US Centers for Disease ...

In 2022, 107,941 people died of drug overdoses, or 32.6 deaths per 100,000 people, according to the CDC. The total number of deaths is a slight increase from 2021 (106,699 deaths).

Drug overdose deaths involving fentanyl jumped 22% in 2021, the CDC said. Heroin overdoses, meanwhile, decreased 32%. A reporter holds up an example of the amount of fentanyl that can be deadly at ...

Overdose deaths involving opioids, including fentanyl, fell from 2022 to 2023. Drug overdose deaths fell in 2023, marking the first decrease in five years, new provisional federal data published ...

The United States hit a grim record of 106,699 drug overdose deaths in 2021, a 16% increase over 2020, the CDC said in its final report released this week.

Colorado will use $3 million from the state’s opioid settlement fund to provide the overdose-reversal drug naloxone to local organizations, Attorney General Phil Weiser announced Tuesday.