drug overdose

Critics argue that new federal and state legislation is recycling unsuccessful tactics from the war on drugs.

The NYC health commissioner explains how City Hall plans to support supervised injection sites and other portions of a new initiative to reduce overdose deaths 15% by 2025.

The city’s program uses scanners that you’d typically find in a graduate school chemistry labs, allowing them to detect fentanyl or other dangerous substances in the drug supply.

In its initial funding recommendations, the New York State Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Board set aside $8 million for an organization whose founder sits on the board.

A new analysis outlines an overlooked harm of drug use. It recommends that New Jersey invest in measures to help prevent bacterial infections, including greater access to syringe exchanges.

NYC officials have millions of dollars from legal settlements that they can immediately spend to fight the opioid crisis. But they have not revealed any detailed plans, even as local nonprofits struggle for funding.

The two centers will allow people to use drugs such as heroin under the care of medical professionals, while giving them access to addiction treatment and other services.

A friend said Kiersten Cerveny "didn't make the best choices" when she was on her second drink.

The family's hotel business grew from an ancestor's dry cleaning business.

He died of acute methamphetamine and amphetamine intoxication.