US drug overdose deaths (DODs) started declining in 2023, with a faster decline for opioid-related versus stimulant-related DOD rates.

A man who asked 'girl of 12' to be 'all his' and to send him nudes is also on the list as well as a man who thinks he can ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced May 14 that, based on data, predicted drug-related deaths nationwide decreased by nearly 27% over 2023 on average.

Drug deaths spiked to a record-124 deaths in 2017, and although the numbers fluctuated since then the percentage of fentanyl-related deaths continued to climb from 54% in 2017 to 62% in 2018, 75% ...

Total annual spending on GLP-1 drugs increased by more than 500 percent in five years, from $13.7 billion in 2018 to $71.7 billion in 2023. The greatest rate of growth - 62 percent - occurred ...

Americans spent an estimated $71.7 billion on GLP-1 drugs including Ozempic and Wegovy in 2023, a 500 percent increase from their spending on such drugs five years earlier, according to a research ...

Overdose fatalities continued to rise, from 1,383 deaths in 2022 to 1,833 in 2023. 53% of unintentional overdose deaths in 2023 involved both an opioid and a stimulant.

From 2020 to 2023, of the 44 drugs launched from first-time drugmakers, 20% have overperformed their sales expectations, compared to 33% of the nine drugs that reached the market in 2023.

Unintentional drug overdose deaths of Stark County residents increased from 143 deaths in 2022 to 156 deaths in 2023, according to the state's report. The number has increased each year since 2018 ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The number of people who died of drug overdoses in Ohio was 4,452 in 2023, a 9% decrease from the previous year, according to the state’s latest unintentional drug overdose ...