The highly addictive drug, manufactured almost exclusively by Mexican cartels, is more dangerous than ever. Its use has been surging across the country. Unlike fentanyl, there are no medicines that ...

The devastating stimulant has been hitting Portland, Maine hard, even competing with fentanyl as the street drug of choice. Although a fentanyl overdose can be reversed with Narcan, no medicine can ...

Once considered a regional problem, methamphetamine-related overdose deaths have risen across every U.S. Census division, with particularly sharp spikes in the Southeast, including Mississippi, a new ...

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. Drug deaths plummeted in 2024, according to new federal data. An estimated 80,391 people died of a drug overdose in the U.S. last year, ...

Methamphetamine use , methamphetamine-related overdoses, and methamphetamine use disorder (MUD) are national problems that cause serious illness and death.. Making matters worse, methamphetamine is ...

The safety, health, and well-being of our people is essential to building a resilient Nation. Tragically, one of the gravest threats to American lives is the drug overdose crisis, which has caused ...

A 4-year-old’s cocaine overdose in Jackson County has resulted in two arrests, according to the sheriff’s office. Deputies took two adults into custody Friday and booked both on felony child-cruelty ...