Updates

Nevada state lawmakers nationwide are responding to the deadliest overdose crisis in U.S. history by pushing penalties for possessing fentanyl and other powerful lab-made opioids that are connected to about 70,000 deaths a year. Imposing longer prison sentences for...

The Injury and Violence Prevention Branch of the Division of Public Health (IVPB) recently posted an update of suspected overdose deaths and provisional data on ED visits for overdose. The IVPB was unable to update the fentanyl-positive death report this month.  ...

People living in the United States must travel significantly farther to access methadone treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) than Canadians, suggests a new study led by Washington State University researchers. Published in the journal Drug and Alcohol...

Tranq dope, the street drug linked to severe skin wounds and amputations, has spread to at least 48 states, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The agency said there’s been a “sharp increase” in the trafficking of tranq, which is usually a...

While the face of the opioid crisis has predominantly been considered white and rural, overdose deaths among Latinos have skyrocketed in recent years, with experts attributing the growing numbers to the rise of fentanyl, especially mixed with other drugs. According to...