—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.

Don't let this disease have to make someone tell your child that you're dead because of drugs." Wood's overdose is a microcosm of the drug problem in the U.S. as well as the state of Ohio.

The document clarified that the administration aims to secure the global supply chain against drug trafficking, stop the flow of drugs from across the border, and reduce the number of drug overdose fatalities in the country.

Prescription drug overdoses have become alarmingly common in the U.S., with opioid painkillers, such as Vicodin and Oxycontin, among the drugs most frequently making headlines.

We were told that fatal overdoses were caused by impure drug supplies rather than the drug itself. It was asserted that homelessness caused addiction rather than the other way around.

NEW YORK  — More than two dozen people were sickened in an apparent mass drug overdose on a New York City street corner, sparking warnings from police and health officials about the dangers of using K2, also known as synthetic marijuana.

NEW YORK—More than two dozen people were sickened in an apparent mass drug overdose on a New York City street corner, sparking warnings from police and health officials about the dangers of using K2, also known as synthetic marijuana.

The success of OSS combined with securing the southern border, “has diminished the flow of fentanyl—a weapon of mass destruction—down 56 percent since the same period last year," Hume said, adding that already by last September, drug overdose deaths had

TMZ, which initially broke the story on Prince's death at his Minneapolis mansion, said that its sources said he was treated for a drug overdose.

Virginia police investigating the death of a 17-year-old high school junior say she likely died from a drug overdose.

He also said drug overdoses kill more Virginians than motor vehicle accidents or firearms. About 1,000 residents of Virginia died of a drug overdose last year—more than 500 of the cases involved prescription opioids and 300 from heroin.

The United States has reached a record number of fatal drug overdoses in 2014, according to a report released by the United Nations on Thursday, June 23.

More than a year after Oregon became the first state in the nation to decriminalize drugs, officials are admitting the pioneering experiment has failed so far. Overdoses in just one county have jumped by 700 percent.

"If the epidemic of drug overdoses is indeed waning," the researchers conclude, "it may imply that the intensified efforts in recent years, such as enhanced prescription drug monitoring, are working and should be continued."

The Health Department, on Tuesday, distributed 200 doses of the drug naloxone, which reverses the effects of a drug overdose if administered quickly after an overdose.

Saskatchewan continues to face significant challenges related to Schedule I drugs, particularly fentanyl and methamphetamine, which the provincial government has identified as major drivers of addiction, crime, and overdose harms.

Deaths attributed to unintentional injuries, including drug overdoses, plummeted by 14.4 percent, the largest drop from 2023. Provisional CDC data show that drug overdoses decreased in 2024 from 2023 and continued to decline into early 2025.

NEW YORK—A man and a woman found dead in their Brooklyn apartment Sunday evening possibly died from a drug overdose, police said. Police received a 911 call around 9 p.m. Sunday.

SAN DIEGO—A drug dealer who supplied fentanyl that led to a San Diego woman's overdose death was sentenced today to 13 years in prison, it was announced Nov. 19.

"Homicide, suicide, and drug overdose accounted for more than one fourth of maternal deaths ... from 2018 through 2023; deaths from these causes nearly equaled the combined toll of cardiovascular disease, infection, hypertension, and hemorrhage."

Note that the reduction in lifespan by death is substantially attributable to drug overdoses.

Cassandra Lynn Hensley's death likely came from a drug overdose, police believe. Lynn was found dead in her friend's home in Los Angeles in the middle of last week.

The changes are implemented as part of an initiative the B.C. government says is meant to address the overdose crisis in the province.

Miley Cyrus hasn't died via a drug overdose at her home. A Facebook scam that's gone viral says she had. When one clicks on the Facebook post, they're taken to a webiste that first asks users to share the content before progressing.

(DEA) Fentanyl Overdoses In August, President Donald Trump urged the Senate to pass a measure to stop synthetic opioid drugs such as fentanyl from being transported into the United States via the U.S. Postal Service system.

Williams, among other celebrities—all of whom died from accidental drug overdoses.

“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.”

However, drug overdose remains the top cause of death for those between 18 and 44 years old, according to Dr.

Now Louisville Metro police, which are helping investigate what happened, are saying that the death likely resulted from a drug overdose, reported the Courier-Journal.

The lag time—i.e., the time between when the death occurred and when the data are available for analysis—is longer for drug overdose deaths compared with other causes of death and provisional estimates of drug overdose deaths have traditionally been reported