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CDC: Drug Overdose Deaths Down More Than 25 Percent in 2024
WEDNESDAY, May 14, 2025 – Drug overdose deaths decreased by 26.9 percent from 2023 to 2024, according to provisional data released today from the National Center for Health Statistics. According to...
Rates of Fentanyl Nonfatal Overdose ED Visits Rose Through Third Quarter of 2023
WEDNESDAY, May 14, 2025 – From 2020 to 2023, there was an increase in the rates of fentanyl-involved nonfatal overdose emergency department visits, according to research published in the May 8 issue...
U.S. Illicit Opioid Use Could Be 20 Times Higher Than Previously Estimated
MONDAY, May 12, 2025 — More Americans use illicit opioids like fentanyl than previously estimated, undercutting perceived progress in confronting the U.S. opioid crisis, a new study says. More than 1 ...
2015 to 2023 Saw Increase in Pediatric Nonfatal Fentanyl Exposures
MONDAY, March 17, 2025 – From 2015 to 2023, there was an increase in the number of pediatric nonfatal fentanyl exposures reported to poison centers, according to a study published online March 7 in...
More Children Accidentally Poisoned By Fentanyl
WEDNESDAY, March 12, 2025 – The number of children poisoned through exposure to fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid, has skyrocketed in recent years, researchers have reported. Fentanyl poisonings...
OD Deaths Decline in U.S., Driven By Drop In Opioid Fatalities
FRIDAY, Feb. 21, 2025 – America’s opioid crisis is showing signs of subsiding, a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says. Drug overdose deaths (OD) decreased b...
1999 to 2021 Saw Rise in Methamphetamine-Related Mortality
TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 – From 1999 to 2021, methamphetamine-related mortality surged dramatically, with a significant rise in heroin and synthetic opioid coinvolvement, according to a study...
U.S. Overdose Deaths Fell 17% in Just One Year
FRIDAY, Dec. 13, 2024 – In news that suggest the U.S. opioid epidemic may be easing, drug overdose deaths fell 17% between July 2023 and July 2024. Per new data released Wednesday by the U.S....
Dolphins Are Testing Positive for Fentanyl
MONDAY, Dec. 9, 2024 – Most Americans understand how deeply the dangerous opioid fentanyl has permeated the illicit drug market. Now, it's even infiltrated the bodies of Gulf of Mexico dolphins....
U.S. Overdose Deaths Linked to Fentanyl May Be Declining
THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024 – Deaths from fentanyl-linked drug overdoses have begun to decline in the United States, but the crisis is far from over and those numbers could easily rise again, a new...
Western U.S. Faces Spike in Illegally Manufactured Fentanyl Deaths
THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024 – From 2022 to 2023, the percentage of overdose deaths involving illegally manufactured fentanyls (IMFs) increased in the Western United States, according to research...
Urine Drug Test Concentrations Up for Fentanyl, Methamphetamine, Cocaine
TUESDAY, Oct. 29, 2024 – Absolute concentrations of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine in urine specimens increased from 2013 to 2023, according to a study published online Oct. 24 in JAMA ...
U.S. Overdose Deaths Drop 10% in Early Data
MONDAY, Oct. 7, 2024 – In findings that suggest inroads are being made in the battle against America's opioid epidemic, new government data shows a 10% drop in overdose deaths. The statistics, ...
CDC: Counterfeit Drugs From Online Pharmacies Pose Considerable Danger
THURSDAY, Oct. 3, 2024 – Counterfeit medications from online pharmacies pose significant risks to patients, including overdose and death, according to a warning issued by the U.S. Centers for...
Higher Buprenorphine Doses Reduce Acute Care for Opioid Use Disorder
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 2, 2024 – Higher doses of buprenorphine for patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) are associated with lower acute care utilization, according to a study published online Sept. 25...
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