About 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year — about 14% fewer than the previous year, according to preliminary government data.

Within 24 hours of injecting the first dose of a weight loss medication she received following a visit with a telehealth ...

Researchers say some structural changes in treating addiction are helping, including wider access to overdose reversing medication.

Kenneth Iwamasa pleaded guilty in August 2024 to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine, resulting in the “Friends” ...

About 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year — about 14% fewer than the previous year, according to preliminary government data. It was the third straight annual drop, making it the longest ...

In an investigative report in partnership with KFF Health News, NBC News’ Anne Thompson reports on the growing cases of ...

The number has dropped from 2,257 overdose deaths in 2021 to 1,100 in 2025.

The cousin of prominent Lowcountry attorney David Aylor will spend more than a year behind bars for supplying the man ...

"The grief on the front lines of losing people to very preventable overdoses has been so sad and so problematic," said Lisa ...

LOWCOUNTRY, S.C. (WCIV) — National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is coming up on Oct. 25, and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency is partnering with local law enforcement and community organizations to ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - The city of Lexington has seen a spike in drug overdose emergency runs over the last week, according to an alert from the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department. Between ...

CDC data shows Arizona overdose deaths rose 17% as U.S. deaths fell. Naloxone use surged as meth, fentanyl and adulterated drugs drove risk.