overdose crisis

Delayed CDC Data Show the Drop in Overdose Deaths Has Slowed Down

On January 14 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published its monthly provisional overdose death count—the first such update…

January 15, 2026

Judge Offers Baltimore $100 million for OD Crisis—Far Less Than City Sought

A judge has offered Baltimore $100 million for opioid abatement efforts in a landmark case—but only if it accepts a…

August 11, 2025

Judge Rejects Baltimore’s $5.2 Billion Lawsuit Request to Address OD Crisis

A judge has rejected Baltimore’s request for $5.2 billion in abatement money in a long-running opioid lawsuit—dealing a major blow…

June 12, 2025

Overdose Deaths Fell in 2024: What’s Driving This, and Will It Last?

The latest national overdose figures from the CDC, released May 14, show that deaths fell by almost 27 percent in…

May 20, 2025

RFK Jr. Is Headlining the Rx and Illicit Drug Summit. This Doesn’t Bode Well.

On April 21, the first day of the 14th annual Rx and Illicit Drug Summit, organizers announced a surprise presenter…

April 24, 2025

BC Enters 10th Year of Overdose Crisis, as It Shutters Harm Reduction Policies

As people gathered in Vancouver’s Victory Square on April 14 to mark nine years since British Columbia declared the overdose…

April 16, 2025

CDC: Overdose Deaths Now Down 24 Percent, Back to Pre-Pandemic Crisis

An estimated 86,882 people in the United States died of overdose between October 2023 and September 2024, according to provisional…

February 26, 2025

“It’s Very Real”—Harm Reduction Research Facing DOGE Funding Cuts

As Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) take a chainsaw to federal agencies and funding, critical research—including that related…

February 25, 2025

A White House Invite for OD Prevention… Then They Shut Me Out

I have been homeless. I have been addicted to heroin. I have spent a great deal of my life as…

October 22, 2024

Socialist Presidential Candidate Talks Harm Reduction and the Drug War

On a sunny day in Milwaukee, I drove downtown to interview a presidential candidate. The city has buzzed with political…

September 20, 2024