There were about 97,000 overdose deaths in the 12-month period that ended June 30, according to the CDC. It's a 14% decrease ...

After an attempt to decriminalize drugs made the addiction crisis in Oregon even worse, local Christians are pleading with ...

The federal government’s push to make Medicaid funding more flexible for drug addiction treatment in the last nine years has ...

Two Mainers are facing drug trafficking charges after police say they found fentanyl, cocaine, and meth during a traffic stop ...

Despite the decrease in fatal overdoses, the crisis is far from over, experts in Portland's recovery community said.

A grieving father whose daughter died from a fentanyl overdose urged Donald Trump to "stop drugs from flowing over the border ...

Dan Rayfield, a lawyer and former House Speaker, and Will Lathrop, a former deputy district attorney and non-profit human ...

Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid analgesic approved in the US in the 1960s. However, because it’s easy to make, cheap and potent, a black market for it has bloomed in the country in recent years.

A woman who owned a New York City day care center where a toddler died after ingesting fentanyl pleaded guilty to federal drug charges Tuesday. More than a year after the September 2023 death of ...

While Narcan remains one of the most effective ways to prevent an overdose from becoming fatal, Portland Fire & Rescue’s CHAT ...

U.S. Attorney Tessa Gorman says members of a violent drug trafficking ring operating in Seattle’s University District have ...

US Imposes Sanctions on Top Members of the Armed Wing of a Mexican Fentanyl-Trafficking Cartel WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Thursday imposed sanctions on senior members of the armed wing of a ...