overdose deaths

Overdose deaths in San Francisco climbed to a new record last year, soaring to 806, according to preliminary findings Jan. 17 from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. According ...

Videos from San Francisco on social media show morgue vans loading people folded up and contorted in unnatural ...

In July alone at least 198 British Columbians died from illicit drug overdoses, according to the BC Coroners ...

When Amy Neville, of Aliso Viejo, California, lost her 14-year-old son Alex to an illicit pill that contained ...

Fentanyl is silently killing thousands of youth and young adults as California lawmakers struggle to pass laws preventing ...

Doctors in Australia have called on the New South Wales (NSW) government to take action on instituting a ...

Commentary The devastating fentanyl epidemic in San Francisco, California has become so catastrophic that on April 21, Governor ...

LOS ANGELES—Three people who may have overdosed on drugs were found dead April 5 inside an apartment building ...

As British Columbia's temporary decriminalization of hard drugs kicks in this week, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says relaxation of ...

Commentary Taylor Marie was just 4 years old when she lost her mom to fentanyl. Her grandmother, who ...

After several cases of student overdoses due to the synthetic opioid fentanyl, California lawmakers introduced a bill requiring ...

The United States has been in the midst of an opioid crisis for over two decades with the ...

The state of Tennessee sued Walgreens on Wednesday, accusing the retail pharmacy giant of fueling the state's opioid ...

LOS ANGELES—A Beverly Hills man who was already facing sex-related counts involving seven women over a 13-year period ...

LOS ANGELES—The number of homeless deaths in Los Angeles County increased over 50 percent during the first year ...

Excess mortality rates among younger Canadians rose as the COVID-19 pandemic wore on, which may have been the ...

Last year’s dramatic spike in excess deaths—mortality not attributed to COVID-19—has appeared to wane. Between October and January, the number ...