Older adults in New Jersey recorded the highest number of suspected overdose deaths in 2025, according to the New Jersey ...

A state bill to require life-saving opioid overdose medication in assorted public places, co-sponsored by state Sen. Peter ...

This week's Trivia Tuesday question revisits a device designed to prevent opioid overdoses. Why did readers respond so ...

Overdose deaths from opioids rose in Colorado, diverging from the national trend, which has been decreasing, according to a new study from a think tank.

University of Rhode Island Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Jeffrey Bratberg partnered with Brandeis University and Boston ...

A nonfatal opioid overdose is often treated as a near miss. But clinically, it is one of the strongest predictors of future harm—and one of the few moments when patients are actively engaged with the ...

CRANSTON – Five Ocean State communities saw a sudden increase in overdoses in early March, the R.I. Department of Health said ...

Minnesota's drug overdose deaths remained flat in 2025, signaling a slowdown in recent improvements, according to state data.

Knox County officials said N-Propionitrile Chlorphine, or cychlorphine for short, has now been tied to 16 overdose deaths.

The national Six Remnant Defendants lawsuit was brought Feb. 23. The total compensation paid to participating governments ...

A newly identified synthetic opioid has been linked to at least 16 overdose deaths in East Tennessee, according to ...

State health officials have launched a system aimed at allowing the public track how local governments spend the almost $1 billion in opioid settlement funds they expect to receive by 2039.