For a third consecutive year, fatal drug overdose deaths declined in the U.S. Unfortunately, not every state has followed that trend.

Across the United States, overdose death rates declined between 2023 and 2024, but some demographics did not follow this trend.

Fairfax County health officials say opioid overdose deaths have fallen to their lowest level in 10 years, marking a ...

Deadly drug overdoses statewide have dropped 50% since 2022, according to new data released by the Rhode Island Department of ...

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

In 2019, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer established the Michigan Opioids Task Force to create a coordinated approach to reduce overdose deaths.

Overdose deaths dropped in Colorado in 2024, alongside the rest of the country, and the start of 2025 looked reasonably bright. Then March hit. Within Denver, 63 people died of overdoses that month, ...

Overdose deaths have dropped in the Ocean State by 50% since 2022, making 2025 the third year straight that saw declines, state officials announced. Data from the Rhode Island Department of Health ...

The US overdose death rate decreased 24.4% between 2023 and 2024, driven by a decline in illicit fentanyl-involved fatalities.