The number of deadly overdoses in San Francisco has decreased in recent years, but not as quickly as in other parts of the ...

People who have been stable for years are suddenly re-exposed to risk — not because their disease worsened, but because their ...

UT Austin's School of Social Work is hosting an exhibit that features portraits of 34 victims of the opioid crisis.

Drug overdose deaths continue to drop in the U.S., but experts say new street drugs made from synthetic chemicals are emerging rapidly.

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. Drug deaths plummeted in 2024, according to new federal data. An estimated 80,391 people died of a drug overdose in the U.S. last year, ...

Dr. Jennifer Pierce with an Anchorage Fire Department vehicle on Jan. 9, 2026. Pierce and the vehicle are part of a new program that will offer addiction treatment to those who overdose. Stomping ...

Still, overdose deaths and opioid addiction remain a major public health concern that harms families and friends and also negatively impacts communities and economies by taxing social services, law ...

YOUTH CRIME ACROSS WINSTON-SALEM. STATE OF ADDICTION MARCH 6TH MARKS BLACK BALLOON DAY, A COMMEMORATION OF THE LIVES LOST DUE TO ADDICTION. THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL SAYS THAT DRUG OVERDOSE IS A ...

Overdose deaths are falling in Indiana, but most people who need addiction treatment still are not receiving it. Fear of ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A local woman is speaking out about addiction after losing her father to an overdose. She says the stigma of drug use labeled them the black sheep of the family. She wants to ...