Opioid overdose's respiratory depression can damage oxygen-sensitive brain cells, produce lasting cognitive and emotional ...

Would you know what to do if you witnessed an overdose? The Douglas County Drug Prevention Coalition held a free overdose ...

About 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year — about 14% fewer than the previous year, according to preliminary government data.

Researchers say some structural changes in treating addiction are helping, including wider access to overdose reversing ...

Police are urging people to carry naloxone, which is also known by the brand name Narcan, and know how to use it. Naloxone can reverse an opioid overdose and is available at many pharmacies and ...

Reno County health officials are teaching residents how to spot and treat meth overdoses after a recent spike.

Researchers from the University of California San Diego have found that U.S. overdose death rates declined dramatically ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Last spring, jail officials found an unresponsive inmate face-down in a cell near a toilet. Correctional officers administered Narcan three times after seeing telltale signs of an ...