March 6 is Black Balloon Day, in memory of those lives lost. But there are some encouraging new numbers on fighting the ...
Six people were taken to Indianapolis hospitals after reportedly overdosing downtown, according to emergency responders. At 2 ...
It takes no more than a couple of doses of Narcan to reverse a typical fentanyl overdose. A new type of synthetic fentanyl ...
Illinois reports an 8.3% decrease in drug overdose deaths in 2023, with a notable drop in opioid-related fatalities.
Opioid deaths in Illinois have decreased for the first time since 2018, and Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration is in part ...
The decrease in fentanyl overdoses, drug policy experts have said, has more to do with public health measures than changes in ...
Drug overdoses took a deadly toll in Santa Rosa over the weekend. Police are investigating the deaths of four young people, ...
An Orleans Parish judge has ruled that Coroner Dwight McKenna’s office is liable for “reckless and outrageous misconduct” ...
Police rushed to the Women In Need shelter on Glenwood Road near Schenectady Ave. in East Flatbush around 8 a.m., police said ...
A mother was arrested in Spokane Valley after her one-year-old child reportedly overdosed on fentanyl. According to the ...