Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rejected Orexo’s application for a new, high-dose drug for reversing opioid overdoses.

More than five Australians died from drugs overdoses every day in 2019, says a new report by the National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC).

The state’s contract with a New Jersey pharmaceutical company allows it to purchase naloxone nasal spray—an opioid overdose reversal drug—at a 40 percent discount.

The BC Coroners Service reported the province's deadliest February yet for illicit drug overdoses with 155 lives lost last month.

Overdose deaths were up 30 percent from the previous year, during which 474 individuals died from drug overdose.

Deaths from drug overdose in the United States jumped nearly 30 percent in 2020 from the year before, according to provisional data released July 14.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday approved an opioid overdose drug for over-the-counter (OTC) use from a nonprofit company.

Deaths from drug overdoses are accelerating during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The CDC notes that its figures are provisional as drug overdose deaths require "lengthy investigation" to be recorded.

"This represents a worsening of the drug overdose epidemic in the United States," the CDC stated.

Naloxone reverses opioid overdoses but does not help with overdoses of other substances. Mountainair Mayor Peter Nieto said he saw drugs at the home, but did not note the types of drugs.

Coroners Service said 1,716 people died from illicit drug overdoses in 2020 alone—a 74 percent spike over the numbers recorded the previous year.

That's a 28.5 percent increase over the previous year, with the total number of drug overdose deaths doubling over the past five-year recorded period. Fentanyl was listed as the leading drug to cause overdose fatalities, according to the report.

The PDPH advised that someone overdosing from a drug containing medetomidine may stay sedated and nonresponsive after receiving naloxone, so when reversing an overdose, it’s important to focus on the person’s breathing rather than their responsiveness

The mayor of Safford, Jason Couts, blamed his overdose on the drug epidemic plaguing the United States. "As far as Maria and I, we know the touch of drugs and my heart aches for them as a family.

The number of accidental drug and alcohol deaths nearly doubled in Ontario during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study shows.

Drug overdose persists as a major public health issue in the United States, with more than 101,750 reported fatal overdoses occurring in the 12-month period ending in October 2022, the FDA said.

He added that since decriminalization, overdose deaths and overdoses overall have not declined in B.C. What has decreased is the number of people being charged for simple possession of illegal drugs.

Police officers, firefighters, and paramedics have been trained to save the lives of many overdose victims by administering naloxone, a drug that reverses the deadly effects of opioids such as heroin.

The grieving mom is still waiting on a toxicology report, which will reveal the exact drugs her son took before overdosing.

“We'll be getting the drug dealers, pushers, and peddlers off our streets, and we will not rest until we have ended the drug overdose epidemic ... we’re going to end it once and for all.”

s over-the-counter (OTC) nasal spray to treat suspected opioid overdoses. Emergent is seeking the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval for the prescription-free sale of Narcan, its nasal spray form of the drug naloxone.

The drug is not approved for human use, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Even a microscopic amount can cause a fatal overdose, Chevinsky said.

Police may soon be investigating some of the nine deaths of University of Southern California students since August if rumors of drug overdoses prove true.

—California will soon begin selling its own generic version of Narcan—the drug that can save someone's life during an opioid overdose—under a deal announced April 29 by Democratic Gov.

There has been a marked escalation in homelessness and the presence of encampments since the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving cities and towns across Ontario struggling to deal with both the unhoused and an escalating number of drug overdoses.

Rapper Juice WRLD died due to an accidental drug overdose, the Cook County medical examiner’s office said Wednesday in confirming his cause of death, again prompting a debate about the U.S. opioid epidemic.

Oregon lawmakers on March 1 approved a measure to recriminalize the possession of drugs, reversing the state’s first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law, which has been in place for three years, amid a rising overdose crisis.

Three people have died and four others were hospitalized in Pittsburgh after what police have said is a rash of drug overdoses on Sept. 22.