The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends offering buprenorphine to teens addicted to opioids. But only 6% of pediatricians report ever doing so.
Drug overdose deaths continue to rise, breaking yet another record in 2022, according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC reported that 107,941 ...
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Deadly, addictive fentanyl has certainly earned the spotlight when it comes to overdose deaths — but carnage from stimulants like methamphetamine and cocaine is rising at a much faster clip.
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A Portland man was sentenced to nine years in prison for selling fentanyl that led to the overdose death of a 17-year-old, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — A fentanyl dealer was sentenced to federal prison on Wednesday for his connection with the overdose death of a Portland teen back in November 2022. Tanner Welsh, 21, of Portland ...
A teen driver charged with killing a mom and three kids by racing through a red light at 112 mph was involved in two other major crashes in suburban Seattle — with bodycam footage showing a cop ...
Drug overdose deaths in Bartholomew County so far this year have largely kept pace with last year, when fatal overdoses declined 36% to their lowest annual total since 2019. As of Wednesday, there ...
Alberta's toxic drug death toll has been blamed on a worsening "addiction crisis" and “soaring addiction rates for opioids ...
Jackson police said two suspects were arrested Wednesday night in connection to the fatal shooting of an 80-year-old woman. Alex Bush, 16, and Ramon Thompson, 20, are now in police custody after ...
A 17-year-old boy with shaggy blond hair stepped onto the scale at Tri-River Family Health Center in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. After he was weighed, he headed for an exam room decorated with decals ...