Accidental overdose caused 5.2 deaths per 100,000 births, while homicide and suicide combined accounted for 3.9 per 100,000.

CDC is committed to addressing health inequities and to ensuring health equity. Every person should have the opportunity to ...

INDIANAPOLIS — An accused drug dealer has been arrested and charged this week with dealing resulting in death following a ...

New CDC data show drug overdose deaths declining across most of the United States, but Arizona is experiencing a concerning ...

A year prior, the Biden administration gave different reasons for the start of the overdose deaths decline, describing its work to distribute more of the opioid-overdose reversing drug naloxone, ...

A teen in Arizona is make the life-saving drug, naloxone, accessible in his community after an overdose hit close to home.

BARTOW, Fla. (WFLA) — A Bartow man was indicted for first-degree murder on Thursday after Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said he sold cocaine to a woman who later died of an overdose. Troy Walker, 48, ...

State drug lab results show methamphetamine users now get their stuff from Mexican cartels, not homemade labs. Meanwhile, opioids are being cut with sedatives that make overdose treatments ineffective ...

Under current law, the use or possession of any drug checking tools other than fentanyl test strips is considered a criminal offense.

Drug-related overdose deaths and deaths by suicide declined 28.8% and 1.7%, respectively, according to the most recent data ...

Data from the National Center for Health Statistics shows that all drug overdose deaths nationwide decreased 23% to 69,172 ...