On January 14 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published its monthly provisional overdose death count—the first such update…
A judge has offered Baltimore $100 million for opioid abatement efforts in a landmark case—but only if it accepts a…
A judge has rejected Baltimore’s request for $5.2 billion in abatement money in a long-running opioid lawsuit—dealing a major blow…
The latest national overdose figures from the CDC, released May 14, show that deaths fell by almost 27 percent in…
On April 21, the first day of the 14th annual Rx and Illicit Drug Summit, organizers announced a surprise presenter…
As people gathered in Vancouver’s Victory Square on April 14 to mark nine years since British Columbia declared the overdose…
An estimated 86,882 people in the United States died of overdose between October 2023 and September 2024, according to provisional…
As Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) take a chainsaw to federal agencies and funding, critical research—including that related…
I have been homeless. I have been addicted to heroin. I have spent a great deal of my life as…
On a sunny day in Milwaukee, I drove downtown to interview a presidential candidate. The city has buzzed with political…