Drug overdose deaths fell by an estimated 14.5 percent from June 2023 to June 2024 — the most significant decline recorded in the 21st century. When...
Federal officials have celebrated a striking drop in drug overdoses across the country. But state-level data shows that Black people are suffering significantly worse outcomes than...
Finally, mercifully, the country’s astronomical drug overdose rate appears to be flattening out — even declining. This spring, national data began to show that overdose death...
The decrease across the country is a major breakthrough in efforts to reverse the effects of fentanyl. Researchers and health officials say there is no easy...
On a crisp December morning in my small Southern hometown, my mother found my brother unresponsive in his bed. She knew she was too late. His...