Our objective was to assess racial and ethnic disparities in MOUD initiation, including methadone and extended-release naltrexone, after ED visits for opioid overdose. In addition, we explored how ...

Carrying a bag filled with the overdose-reversing drug naloxone, Adam Trionfo roams the brick-lined streets of one of America ...

In 2024, Governor DeSantis signed a bill that designates June 6 as a day to bring attention to drug overdoses and the tools used to save lives. Local officials, ...

TONIGHT, A SHARP DROP IN THE NUMBER OF BOSTON RESIDENTS DYING FROM OPIOIDS. THE CITY’S NEW DATA SHOWS A 38% DECREASE FROM LAST YEAR TO THE YEAR BEFORE, AND THE LOWEST NUMBER OF DEATHS SINCE 2015 ...

In May 2024, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced a national decline in the rate of drug overdose deaths for the first time since 2018. However, little is known about how this decline ...

“In particular, our efforts to reduce unintentional exposure to fentanyl, often caused by a contaminated drug supply, have raised awareness of the risk of overdose and increased uptake of ...

Houston DEA, mother of teen overdose victim advocate for drug awareness As the deadly synthetic drug Nitazene spreads around the Greater Houston area, a local mother and the DEA are giving warnings to ...

As the deadly synthetic drug Nitazene spreads around the Greater Houston area, a local mother and the DEA are giving warnings to people who consider taking drugs. Both of them spoke with FOX 26's ...

After years of exponential growth, opioid overdose deaths in Missouri are dropping. While health care workers, community groups and other officials say many factors may contribute to the drop in ...

Although ample evidence showed that Chauvin and police misconduct were to blame for Floyd’s death, another narrative quickly emerged — that Floyd died because of a drug overdose, not because ...

I remember the heat. A dry, suffocating torrent. The blazing, burning sun baking the tarmac. No clouds, no trees, just a furnace of hate. I feel the hate. I remember the heat. I remember the dust.

Nestor Vasquez Sylvestre was struck and killed while riding his bike; family raising funds to send his body to Guatemala FORT MYERS, Fla. — A memorial continues to grow on Palm Beach Boulevard ...