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 Science, Jan.

Denver recorded 515 overdose deaths in 2025 and a sharp rise in fentanyl fatalities, even as national deaths fell.

The safety, health, and well-being of our people is essential to building a resilient Nation. Tragically, one of the gravest threats to American lives is the drug overdose crisis, which has caused heartbreak and suffering on untold numbers of families.

A new drug called "flysky" has been spreading throughout the Pittsburgh region, and officials are warning that it can be deadly. In Fayette County over the last few days, there have been at least two overdose deaths from the drug. The drug, as it is ...

A California mother says her teen son used a chatbot for drug-related questions over several months before dying from an overdose.

BREAKING NEWS. SEVERAL INMATES AT THE ORLEANS JUSTICE CENTER WERE TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL AFTER OVERDOSING ON DRUGS. THE ORLEANS PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS NARCAN WAS ADMINISTERED TO SIX INMATES SUNDAY NIGHT AFTER THEY SHOWED SIGNS OF POSSIBLE DRUG ...

Leila Turner-Scott reads a conversation her son Sam had with ChatGPT on the day of his death while at her home in Dripping Springs, Texas, where she moved following his fatal overdose. Turner-Scott is now left mourning her only son, and shocked by what this new technology did to him.