overdose crisis

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

Overdose Deaths Suddenly Dropped, Per Data That’s Always Been Kinda Iffy

Between April 2023 and April 2024, drug-related deaths across the country appear to have fallen more than 10 percent. Provisional…

September 19, 2024

CDC: Overdose Deaths Leveled Off in 2022, Still Setting New Record

The United States recorded 107,941 drug overdose deaths in 2022, according to final data from the Centers for Disease Control…

March 21, 2024