CHICOPEE — Almost a decade ago, Chicopee was the city hardest hit by heroin overdoses in Western Massachusetts. Harm reduction specialists say that, while heroin is much less prevalent in Chicopee ...

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 ...

While opioids have been involved in most of Alaska’s drug overdose deaths, another drug is a frequent contributor to those outcomes: methamphetamine. A little over half of the fatal overdoses in ...

A Boston couple has been charged with manslaughter after their 5-week-old baby girl died from intoxication and the combined effects of fentanyl and cocaine. They both live in the Dorchester ...

According to data from the Santa Cruz County Sheriff Coroner’s Office, the county experienced 57 accidental drug-related ...

Most people have an aversion to injecting drugs, especially intravenously; it's referred to as "the needle barrier." For much of the 20th century, this aversion was a powerful deterrent to the use of ...

Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. fell sharply in 2024, with new government data showing the steepest year-over-year decline in five years. Provisional figures released by the Centers for Disease ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Drug overdose deaths are down significantly in the United States. Data from the CDC find there were about 30,000 fewer OD deaths in 2024 compared to the previous year. That’s a ...

As drug overdose deaths decline in Milwaukee County, those who provide on-the-ground services say better collaborations and efforts funded from an opioid settlement are the reason. As drug overdose ...