"Imagine like a speck of baby powder; that's how much could be a lethal dosage of carfentanil," said Brian McNeal, public ...

A man was suffering from a drug overdose Wednesday at the Food Lion off George Washington Highway in Portsmouth but was saved ...

A former Raleigh County nurse has been sentenced to five years in prison related to an opioid diversion scheme.

Over the past decade, far too many lives have been lost to fentanyl-related overdoses.  No doubt, many of us here in Southern ...

At least 50 people have died of an overdose associated with nitazenes. A lack of testing means the true number is likely ...

After installing a NARCAN vending machine last year, the city of Minneapolis has dispensed over 2,200 boxes of the drug, ...

A new study found that almost all plans in 40 states and Washington, DC covered at least one form of the opioid overdose ...

When it comes to the fentanyl crisis, the Seattle Public Library is pairing education with action by offering from naloxone ...

North Carolina is poised to receive $150 million from a new multi-state legal settlement with pharmaceutical company Purdue ...

Due to the drug's high strength, multiple doses of naloxone could be required to reverse an overdose. The drug's reemergence ...

Ridgefield is ramping up prevention efforts amid a nearby spike in overdose deaths, focusing on tracking tech and free opioid ...

Vending machines throughout Denver have distributed more than 1,800 free boxes of the overdose reversal medication naloxone since they debuted in April.