The San Francisco Office of the Chief Medical Examiner confirmed that the city in February recorded its first fatal overdose victim with the synthetic drug medetomidine in their system. The victim ...

Over 73,000 people died from an overdose in 2020, which subsequently increased to 106,699 people in 2021, a record for the highest number of overdose deaths in one year.

George Howard Cook II, 45, is accused of selling narcotics containing fentanyl to 64-year-old Mark Saltsman, who died in ...

More than 1,800 Oregonians died of drug overdoses in 2023, a rising trend that state leaders want to reverse with new programs to combat addiction. Oregon’s annual death toll from drug overdoses ...

Federal officials have celebrated a striking drop in drug overdoses across the country. But state-level data shows that Black people are suffering significantly worse outcomes than white people.

Fatal and nonfatal drug overdoses among troops dropped by more than 40% over a two-year span, the Defense Department said this week in a new report that found fentanyl-related deaths at a seven ...

Deaths from drug overdoses in Michigan have reached record levels, according to the latest data from the Michigan Department of Community Health. In Michigan, 1,533 people died from drug overdoses ...

One thing seems clear: Drug warriors do not deserve credit for the turnaround, although they deserve blame for the previous explosion in fatal overdoses.

The researchers found that drug seizures in San Francisco were associated with a substantial increase in fatal opioid overdoses.

FISHERS, IND — A new drug called nitazene, stronger than fentanyl, has appeared in Central Indiana. It was recently connected to a fatal overdose. The Hamilton County Coroner says nitazene is ...

Affidavit details ties between Solon fatal crash and local drug trafficking A detective’s affidavit supporting charges against Rhaheem Friend, the driver in the August 2024 crash, also describes ...