Layoffs and funding freezes have gutted the CDC’s response to the opioid crisis—just as harm reduction was beginning to work ...

Carrying a bag filled with the overdose-reversing drug naloxone, Adam Trionfo roams the brick-lined streets of one of America ...

Despite his compelling personal story of recovery from addiction, RFK Jr. has said much less about the U.S. drug crisis than ...

In a bold and unflinching op-ed titled "We Need to Start Drug Testing Every Government Employee to Save Our Economy," David ...

America’s overdose death toll fell sharply in 2024, with fentanyl deaths down nearly 37 percent. But experts warn the crisis ...

It isn’t an exaggeration to say Pennsylvania’s opioid and fentanyl epidemic is the public health challenge of our time.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with addiction correspondent Brian Mann about the drop in overdose deaths among teens and young ...

Deaths from drugs, alcohol and suicide dropped sharply in South Carolina and across the nation in 2023. Some prevention ...

People who survive overdoses are far more likely to have a brain injury than the general population. I've been wondering if ...

A substance abuse epidemic is impacting Black communities and resulting in higher mortality rates due to lack of access to appropriate care.