LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — For years, fentanyl has been at the center of Arkansas’ overdose crisis, prompting public awareness campaigns, expanded access to naloxone and coordinated efforts from public ...

BALTIMORE — A nationwide drop in overdose deaths may be driven by a collapse of the international fentanyl supply chain in 2023, a Maryland criminologist in world drug markets reported in the journal ...

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Fresno County has made major progress in the fight against fentanyl, with overdose deaths dropping to a five-year low. "We're at a better place," District Attorney Lisa ...

For two decades, the United States and Canada have struggled with a drug epidemic. From 2003 to 2022, annual overdose deaths in the United States rose from less than 26,000 to nearly 108,000—becoming ...

Beginning in 2023, there was less fentanyl in the U.S. drug supply. The opioid-overdose reversing drug naloxone’s availability is increasing and so is access to addiction treatment. Experts say the ...

A recent scientific study identified the reduced supply of fentanyl as one of the primary factors behind a significant drop in the number of overdose deaths since the latter half of 2023. There were ...

(The Center Square) – The Drug Enforcement Administration warned Americans Tuesday that fentanyl is increasingly mixed with a dangerous array of synthetic substances that can limit the effectiveness ...