For the first time since 2018, the United States has seen a decrease in drug overdose deaths. The Center for Disease Control ...

The battle against drug addiction and death in Ohio is getting a big boost. The fourth round of state opioid and stimulant ...

In the latest CDC data, overdose death reports are down in 45 states. Increases occurred in Alaska, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and ...

The American opioid crisis has been a major topic of discussion in recent years, and it’s easy to see why: Fentanyl, the ...

Policies criminalizing the possession of drug paraphernalia ostracize people who use drugs and create unsafe conditions, ...

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration officials said the potency of illicit fentanyl pills is declining, but half remain ...

In its broadest sense, stimulants are any drugs that activate the sympathetic nervous system and rev you up. This includes ...

Following the arrests made in connection to Perry’s death, in an interview where CBS Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan likened ketamine abuse to the beginnings of the opioid epidemic, DEA ...

Homeless Healthcare LA and other nonprofits are distributing free needles and pipes to those battling addiction on Skid Row, igniting debate.

Dr. Deirdre Amaro sometimes thinks about how her office is perceived by people who may not be familiar with death ...

This added to federal agents’ suspicions after a confidential informant told them Britton was dealing fentanyl, heroin and meth. Britton, who already had over 10 felony convictions to his name, told ...

It’s a drug used to treat opioid use disorder ... which increases the risk of overdose and death. Kratom-related overdose ...