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The phrase is part of ‘harm reduction 101’, which has led to significant declines in overdose fatalities in the US ...

While drug overdose deaths decline nationwide, Arizona sees a sharp increase in fentanyl overdoses. Stronger sentencing for ...

The overall drug overdose death rate in urban and rural U.S. counties nearly quadrupled from 1999 to 2017, according to new CDC data reported by STAT. The CDC based its data on the National Vital ...

The U.S. experienced a spike in benzodiazepine-related overdoses in 2020, particularly in overdoses that involved illicit benzodiazepines such as etizolam and flubromazolam, according to a study ...

The opioid epidemic in the United States shows no signs of slowing, according to a Vital Signs report released Tuesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report found that ...

The number of Americans dying of opioid-related overdoses could be more than 20 percent higher than CDC data suggests, according to a study published in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine.

Drug overdose deaths increased 30% in 2020 as compared to 2019, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data released Tuesday indicated. The data show the spike in overdose deaths was even more ...

Suspected opioid overdoses seen in emergency departments across the U.S. increased by nearly 30 percent between July 2016 and September 2017, according to the CDC‘s March 6 Vital Signs report. The ...