RICHMOND, Va. (WAVY) — The total cost of the opioid epidemic in Virginia increased in 2023 from $3.5 billion in 2021 to $5.2 billion, according to the VCU Center on Society and Health, with its cost ...

Medical cannabis could be a substitute for opioids in patients with chronic pain, but more data are needed, according to an ...

Tennessee will receive more than $1.2 billion in opioid settlement funds. Experts fear the money isn’t reaching people who ...

VANCLEAVE, Miss. (WKRG) — The Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics estimates that at least 392 people died of a suspected overdose in 2023, 300 of those deaths were at the hands of opioids. Of the 2.9 ...

LANSING, Mich. — As officials continue to process data, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel expects that there was a reduction in the amount of opioid overdose deaths for 2024. Nessel's office said ...

Bartholomew County is expected to record an annual decline in drug overdose deaths for the third consecutive year, with local ...

Some of the most recently available data brings welcome news in the nationwide fight against the opioid epidemic. After many months of increasing overdose deaths in the wake of the Covid pandemic – a ...

Here is a look at five key developments in the drug crisis on Staten Island: Staten Island bested all the other boroughs with ...

A new analysis shows that Colorado opioid deaths declined in 2024, but lag behind other states where opioid deaths have significantly decreased. In Colorado, opioid deaths declined by 8 percent from ...

Professional Football Hall of Famer partners with Emergent to raise awareness of the dangers of opioid use and the importance of being prepared with NARCAN ® Nasal Spray The life-saving medicine is ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Albany County is taking a significant step forward in the fight against the opioid epidemic. $1.5 million from the historic opioid settlement funds are being allocated to new ...