Overdose deaths are a widespread problem North Carolinians have been struggling to combat in recent years. According to the state health department, American Indian/Indigenous and Black communities ...

Intravenous opioid abusers are shooting up on the campus of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The tactic is one of harm reduction — addicts are putting themselves in position to receive ...

Scientists have revealed that opioid receptors outside the brain play a key role in the hypoventilation caused by fentanyl overdoses, paving the way for better treatments. The study, forthcoming in ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii recorded four overdose deaths last year involving xylazine, the horse tranquilizer being added to drugs like fentanyl to lengthen the high. Four people in Hawaii — ...

PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - The Laurel EmServ Center handles hundreds of calls each month. Educational coordinator Jessica Riels said nearly 30 of those calls involve an overdose. Several stems from ...

“It is the deadliest drug threat our country has ever faced.” says Anne Milgram, Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), referring to the threat of fentanyl in the United States. She ...

Editor's note: This is Part 3 of a 10-part series, "The Last Rung," that tells the stories of people in the Quad-Cities living in the margins. Part 4 will be published on Saturday. Kathleen Locke is ...