overdose deaths

The Centers for Disease Control revealed Wednesday that the U.S. set a grim record in 2021 with 107,000 overdose deaths.

The provisional 2021 total translates to roughly one U.S. overdose death every 5 minutes.

A 13-year-old student at The Sport and Medical Sciences Academy in Hartford who was in grave condition because of an overdose has now died, according to police. Police said the teen suffered an overdose at the school Thursday and succumbed to his injures Saturday evening around 5:30 p.m. “Our city grieves for this child lost, for his loved ones, his…

After facing heartbreak in their own households, some San Diego parents are warning of the dangers of drug overdoses in teenagers in hopes of preventing future tragedies.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday that overdose prevention center (OPC) services, aimed at reducing overdose deaths — a public health issue that the country as a whole has been grappling with and seen a dramatic increase of during the pandemic — will open in New York City. OPCs, also referred to as supervised injection or supervised drug consumption sites,…

The San Diego County Meth and Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force held an event to raise awareness of overdose deaths in San Diego by placing cards representing those who died from overdoses in 2020.

In an effort to curb overdose deaths, local leaders and community members held a somber event raising awareness on local tragedies.

Overdose deaths soared to a record 93,000 last year in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic