A nonfatal opioid overdose is often treated as a near miss. But clinically, it is one of the strongest predictors of future harm—and one of the few moments when patients are actively engaged with the ...

Multiple states have raised the alarm in the past month about cychlorphine, a synthetic opioid tied to several dozen recent ...

A newly identified synthetic opioid has been linked to at least 16 overdose deaths in East Tennessee, according to ...

There’s a warning about a dangerous new synthetic opioid that’s said to be 10 times stronger than fentanyl. Several states, including California, have detected cychlorphine mixed with illegal street ...

Nalmefene, a medication approved to reverse opioid overdoses, works similarly to naloxone.

United States overdose deaths in 2025 fell to levels similar to before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Overdose deaths for the ...

From 2016-2025, the co-involvement of stimulants in fentanyl overdose deaths increased 164%, according to a new report by Millennium Health, a San Diego-based specialty lab that conducts urine drug ...

Opioid-class drugs are commonly prescribed as powerful pain medications in both humans and animals, though they can also be ...

Buprenorphine was associated with a 50% reduction in mortality and improved treatment retention for adolescents with opioid use disorder.

Cities and towns received nearly $108 million in funds in 2025 and spent only $13 million.

State health officials have launched a system aimed at allowing the public track how local governments spend the almost $1 billion in opioid settlement funds they expect to receive by 2039.

The number of drug overdose deaths in Minnesota remained the same from 2024 to 2025, indicating that improvements over the past two years are slowing down, according to preliminary numbers from the ...