Meanwhile, drug overdose deaths continue to rise in the United States, with more than 702,000 people having died from a drug overdose between 1999 to 2017, the Centers for Disease Control and prevention reports.

At least 10 people died due to drug overdoses in a span of 26 hours over the weekend in Ohio, the coroner said in a statement on Sept. 29. "As of about 10 a.m. this morning we have had 10 people die of overdoses in about 26 hours.

The number of people who died from drug overdoses in the United States dropped in 2018, marking the first decline in nearly three decades, according to figures released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on July 17.

Investigators found poor neurologic assessments, inadequate coordination with medical teams, questionable consent procedures, and the misclassification of causes of death, especially in cases involving drug overdoses, according to the statement. 

"There’s never been any sign to the family that Saoirse was drinking or taking drugs. She wasn’t a partier or anything," the source told the New York Post.

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles County health officials issued a public alert March 8, warning of increased overdose risks associated with the animal sedative xylazine, which has been detected in illicit drugs in areas including San Francisco and San Diego.

Pictures of people who died from a drug overdose line a fence at the Laguna Niguel Skate Park in Laguna Niguel, Calif., on Aug. 31, 2020.

The sister of One Direction singer Louis Tomlinson, Felicite Tomlinson, overdosed on a “perfect storm” drugs, including oxycodone, Xanax, and cocaine, it was reported.

But in a novel test, the “Second Chance” app detected early signs of overdose in the critical minutes after people injected heroin or other illegal drugs, researchers reported Jan. 9.

More than 71,500 Americans have died of a drug overdose in 2017, according to data released the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The majority—or least 68 percent—of those deaths could be attributed to opioids such as fentanyl.

More than 71,500 Americans died of a drug overdose, with at least 68 percent of those deaths attributed to opioids. Both numbers are increases over the 64,000 deaths in 2016, of which almost two-thirds were opioid-related.

John and his wife Sally Simmons had four children: Tamara, Tommy III, Travis and Taylor, who died of a prescription drug overdose at 28 in 2010. The couple divorced in 2013.

In 2013 and 2015, two men in their 20s died while attending the festival, both of suspected drug overdose.

A wealthy Vancouver family made a $20 million donation on June 12 to a new drug treatment model planned to open later this fall in B.C., in memory of their family member who died of a fentanyl overdose while waiting to see an addictions psychiatrist.

Fentanyl is a major contributor to drug overdose deaths in the United States.

Colin Kroll, the founder of Vine and HQ Trivia, was found dead at age 34 of an apparent drug overdose, according to reports. Police sources told the New York Post that he was found in Manhattan on Dec. 15.

The Register suggested that the pair overdosed on opioids, but it’s not clear they did, in fact, overdose on drugs. A toxicology report is pending in the pair's death.

Pointing to the number of Americans who die daily as a result of drug overdoses, Brooks says protecting the southern border is an urgent matter.

A bus driver who crashed with 12 special needs children on board may have suffered a diabetic coma, not a drug overdose, according to her boss.

Traces of a deadly drug called “tranq” has been found in the bodies of people who died of an overdose in San Francisco, authorities say.

Some patients have been self-administering incorrect doses of semaglutide, the active ingredient in popular weight-loss and Type 2 diabetes drugs Wegovy and Ozempic, and overdoses may be related to "adverse events, some requiring hospitalization" reported

Officers responding to the scene administered Narcan, which can reverse the effects of a drug overdose. It was too late, however.

According to the CDC, half a million people died from drug overdoses in the United States between 2000 and 2015. The most common drugs in overdoses are opioids, which include heroin and prescription pain killers like Oxycodone.

Rapper Lil Peep reportedly died of a suspected drug overdose, according to reports. He was 21. The rapper, who blended hip-hop and emo, and whose real name was Gustav Ahr, released his debut album in August. He was seen as a rising star.

Christopher Dickie was a drug addict who'd overdosed and survived. By the end of high school, he'd already been arrested 14 times and had lost 20 jobs.

Between 1999 and 2021, around 645,000 Americans are believed to have died from an overdose involving an opioid.

As B.C. grapples with record-breaking overdose deaths so far this year, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry is defending the government’s stance on the decriminalization of illicit drugs.

Drug overdose deaths have been declining among all age groups since 2024, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including a 37 percent drop among 15- to 24-year-olds. 

Drug Overdoses 'Increased Substantially' According to an August 2025 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, drug overdoses involving stimulants, mainly cocaine and psychostimulants with abuse potential, have “increased substantially

—The mother of a University of Massachusetts Amherst student who died of a heroin overdose has filed a $6 million lawsuit against the school and another student charged with selling her son the drugs.