Albany County is taking a significant step forward in the fight against the opioid epidemic. $1.5 million from the historic opioid settlement funds are being allocated to new initiatives aimed at ...

A new report from the CDC showed an increase in overdose deaths caused by carfentanil, an opioid 100 times more potent than ...

Cocaine and meth are being laced with fentanyl – and many drug users are unaware. This increases the risk of overdoses.

This article first appeared on KFF Health News and is republished here under a Creative Commons license. In the past few ...