A recently released autopsy found that another man’s death in the Richmond City Justice Center was drug-related.

RICHMOND, Va. — As the second half of the legislative session picks up speed, two bills in each chamber that deal with the fentanyl overdose crisis are getting a lot of support. One would ...

A New Jersey woman who died from a drug overdose in 2023 was actually murdered by her older sister with help from the victim’s boyfriend, investigators said. Cape May County prosecutors said ...

MARYLAND - Governor Wes Moore has announced a dramatic and welcome dip in Maryland’s fatal overdoses in 2024, according to preliminary data. In 2023, the Governor’s Office said the state saw ...

MARYLAND (WBFF) — According to data from Maryland's Overdose Data Dashboard, there was a 38% decrease in deadly overdoses reported in Maryland last year - 1,553 reported in 2024 compared to ...

A Vancouver Island doctor involved in setting up unsanctioned overdose prevention sites outside hospitals has resigned from her positions with Island Health, claiming she was placed on leave as ...

The Spokane County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) says a toddler was taken to the hospital after reportedly overdosing on fentanyl at a Spokane Valley hotel on North Argonne Road. SCSO says Spokane ...

THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld A Vancouver Island doctor involved in setting up unsanctioned overdose prevention sites outside hospitals has resigned from her positions with Island Health ...

CLEVELAND (WJW) — As recreational marijuana becomes legal in more states, emergency rooms are seeing an alarming increase in unintentional cannabis overdoses, particularly among children.

She told authorities that the child had been holding a spoon she used for fentanyl and that she administered two doses of Narcan, an opioid overdose reversal drug, in an attempt to save him.

For middle-class drug users, particularly those who partake in weekend recreational use, overdose rates have decreased. “I think that middle-class drug users, in my opinion, their drugs have ...