Accidental drug overdose deaths in Connecticut in 2024 dropped for the third consecutive year to the lowest number since 2016, the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner announced on Tuesday. It's ...

The programs aim to address drug use from a public health and social justice perspective, rather than a security one.

Opioid deaths rose nationwide during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly among teenagers between the ages of 13 and 17, according to a study from the University of Minnesota School of ...

The otherwise healthy young man who died at Elmhurst Hospital after just over a week on Rikers Island had a ruptured appendix ...

A Chartiers Township man who helped to facilitate the sale of a deadly batch of fentanyl-laced cocaine to another man in 2023 ...

A jury awarded $3.3 million to the family of a man who overdosed on fentanyl in an Orange County jail in 2022 on Tuesday. The ...

A man who won a $3.3 million verdict in a federal lawsuit over the death of his son from a fentanyl overdose while in custody at the Theo Lacy Jail three years ago criticized county officials Tuesday ...

A man who won a $3.3 million verdict in a federal lawsuit over the death of his son from a fentanyl overdose while in custody at the Theo Lacy Jail three years ago criticized county officials Tuesday ...

New York, NY – On February 11, 2025 at the annual Education & Training Awards breakfast on February 11, 2025, the NYC Building & Construction Industry Safety Fund announced an important program ...

The inquest into the death of Brendan Vermette began on March 18 with testimony from the RCMP officer who first responded, ...

The life-saving medication naloxone, which can reverse an overdose from opioids, is now available at Income Support Division ...