We can’t solve what we can’t measure, so let’s use opioid abatement funds to help. Comprehensive toxicology would let us ...

Illicit drug overdoses and the deaths they cause are trending down this year, despite spikes in a handful of states, ...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration says opioid overdose deaths hit the highest level ever recorded in the United States last year. A DEA report obtained by The Associated Press ...

A class of synthetic drugs called nitazines have been around since the 1950s — but are quickly gaining a foothold in street drugs.

Lawmakers and narcotics experts say that the Trump administration’s efforts to tie Venezuela to the U.S. fentanyl crisis are ...

Drug traffickers are adapting to a reduction in the fentanyl supply by creating even more dangerous drug combinations.

One of every 100 American children will die from firearms if current death rates continue; one of every 70 will die from overdoses A new study published in The American Journal of Medicine calculates ...

While Staten Island has seen a 49% reduction in deaths from drug overdoses, more government funding is needed to pay for ...

DETECTIVE Scott BJerkos, who has investigated hundreds of fentanyl deaths, warns the drug is now being found in eye drops.

Support 7 marked its fifth year teaming up with the Grief Companioning Project and Virginia Mason Franciscan Health to host ...