Researchers from the University of California San Diego have found that U.S. overdose death rates declined dramatically ...

RICHMOND — Law enforcement efforts, public safety campaigns and more life-saving measures have likely helped reduce the number of fatal overdoses from fentanyl. The number of deadly fentanyl overdoses ...

There may soon be a new way to limit deaths caused by fentanyl. A preventative vaccine for fentanyl exposure is set to begin human trials and could change the landscape of drug overdoses in the U.S.

BALTIMORE — A nationwide drop in overdose deaths may be driven by a collapse of the international fentanyl supply chain in 2023, a Maryland criminologist in world drug markets reported in the journal ...

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Fresno County has made major progress in the fight against fentanyl, with overdose deaths dropping to a five-year low. "We're at a better place," District Attorney Lisa ...

Beginning in 2023, there was less fentanyl in the U.S. drug supply. The opioid-overdose reversing drug naloxone’s availability is increasing and so is access to addiction treatment. Experts say the ...

For two decades, the United States and Canada have struggled with a drug epidemic. From 2003 to 2022, annual overdose deaths in the United States rose from less than 26,000 to nearly 108,000—becoming ...