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Yakima Faces Record Overdose Deaths Amid Opioid Crisis

There's a major crisis hitting Yakima and many other cities, the overdose crisis. Continue reading…

Natural Disasters Cause Crisis for Those On Opioid Meds 

KEEP AN EMERGENCY STASH – April 28, 2026 – The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration works with states to ensure that access to opioid use disorder medication i...

Natural disasters can cause another crisis for those recovering from opioid addiction

People recovering from opioid addiction risk relapse when they can't get their medications after natural disasters. A group of doctors is calling for lawmakers to ease access to th...

One-Year Survival Rates Following Opioid Overdose: New Insights

In a groundbreaking population-based cohort study recently published in JAMA, researchers have revealed alarming trends in mortality and repeat overdose rates following emergency d...

Good News in War Against Opioid Addiction, But Victory Elusive

A Simple Chart Destroys the Myth of a Rx Opioid Crisis

By Neen MontyThere’s a simple reason the narrative around the “opioid crisis” falls apart when you actually look at the overdose data.Because the data doesn’t show what they claim...

When Natural Disasters Strike, Another Crisis Hits Those Recovering From Opioid Addiction

Using Hurricane Helene as a teachable moment, a group of doctors outlined concrete steps that lawmakers can take to reverse a crisis in getting substance use medications during nat...

Long-Term Opioid Prescriptions Fall By About A Quarter

TUESDAY, April 14, 2026 — Long-term opioid prescriptions have declined dramatically in the United States, reflecting progress made against America’s opioid epidemic, a new study s...

When Natural Disasters Strike, Another Crisis Hits Those Recovering From Opioid Addiction

MONDAY, May 4, 2026 — A day after Hurricane Helene ripped through western North Carolina in late September 2024, Toni Brewer had no power or water. The storm had strewn fallen tree...

U.S. Dentists Still Overprescribing Opioids Compared To Other Nations, Puerto Rico

TUESDAY, April 28, 2026 — Folks getting a tooth pulled or a cavity drilled in the United States are still more likely to be prescribed powerful opioid painkillers, despite America’...

States with Marijuana Dispensaries Reduce Impact of Opioid Epidemic 

AUDIO – NPR FRESH AIR – April 6, 2026 – They found dispensary openings in states with legal marijuana were tied to significant reductions in all opioid outcomes. And they found tha...

‘Pill Mill’ Laws Cut Opioid Deaths and Overprescribing

REMEMBER LAWS? – May 19, 2026 – Overprescribing in problematic pain clinics is driven by profit motive, which increases when opioids are both prescribed and dispensed by the provid...

Sharp increase in suspected opioid-overdose related deaths over 4 days: Toronto Public Health

Toronto Public Health (TPH) issued a “drug alert” Tuesday, flagging five suspected opioid-overdose related deaths attended by paramedics between April 28 and May 1, 2026. TPH says...

Overdoses are down, but drug supply is becoming more deadly: Officials

A recent DEA alert highlights a growing concern -- fentanyl being mixed with synthetic drugs that Narcan may not work on.

Overdoses are down, but drug supply is becoming more deadly: Officials

A recent DEA alert highlights a growing concern -- fentanyl being mixed with synthetic drugs that Narcan may not work on.

Narcan boxes distributed in Missouri to fight opioid crisis

First responders in Vernon County, Missouri have been provided with Narcan distribution boxes to help combat the growing opioid crisis, allowing them to quickly deliver medication...

Indian pharma fuels Africa’s ‘zombie drug’ and opioid crisis

Customs records show millions of dollars' worth of the high-strength synthetic opioid being shipped from India every month to Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Ghana.

Series of Overdoses Are Public Safety Concern in Portland 

VIDEO – POLICE CAN HELP – April 27, 2026 – Police said there were seven suspected overdoses in just 20 hours. WATCH The post Series of Overdoses Are Public Safety Concern in Portla...

Missouri Attorney General warns of potent '7-OH' opioid sold over-the-counter

Missouri's Attorney General is taking legal action against the sale of "7-OH", a potent opioid that is being sold over the counter and is three times more powerful than morphine, w...

Historic decline in U.S. overdose deaths threatened by changing street drug supply

Drug overdose deaths are plummeting in the U.S. in ways never seen before. Experts worry new, toxic "synthetic" street drugs could derail the recovery.

Medicaid expansion boosted access to opioid addiction treatment medication, study says

In the eight states that expanded Medicaid after 2018, the number of people receiving prescriptions for the opioid addiction treatment medication buprenorphine increased dramatical...

Knoxville - 50 cychlorphine opioid deaths in 6 months

In the six months since a cychlorphine death in Oct. 2025 in South Knoxville, at least 50 fatal overdoses involving cychlorphine have been c... read more...

WHO Revamps Opioid Treatment Playbook

The World Health Organization has rolled out updated recommendations aimed at strengthening the treatment of opioid dependence and improving how communities respond to overdose cas...

As fentanyl crisis evolves, experts say US is still ‘behind the eight ball’

The Trump administration's militarised approach and cuts to health programmes threaten progress against fentanyl.