The CDC reports that drug overdose deaths have returned to pre-pandemic levels. Is this the beginning of the end of the overdose crisis –– or just a return to the pre-pandemic trend line? On May 14, ...

Drug overdose deaths in the United States made an unprecedented drop to the lowest they’ve been in five years, according to a new federal government estimate released Wednesday. During the Covid-19 ...

There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded.An estimated 80,000 people died from overdoses last year, according to ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — There were 420 fewer drug overdose deaths in Oregon in 2024 than the year before, a 22% decline. An estimated 1,480 people died from an overdose in Oregon in 2024, down 22.1% from the ...

PHILADELPHIA — When Justin Carlyle, 23, began experimenting with drugs a decade ago, he found himself part of a generation of young Americans caught in the devastating wave of harm caused by fentanyl ...

(NewsNation) — Mexican cartels are shifting direction in what they move across the U.S.-Mexico border, focusing on high-value contraband and other illicit drugs, while illegal border crossings are ...