Over the 12 months ended in October 2024, the country saw a 25% decline in overdose deaths compared with the same period the year prior, according to the latest preliminary estimates from the ...

A suspect was arrested after a 10-year-old boy died from overdosing on illegal narcotics. In December 2024, San Bernardino County deputies responded to reports of an unresponsive child in the 9000 ...

Eby underscores 'fundamental' disagreement with B.C. chief coroner on safe supply Baidwan doesn't profess to have all the answers on how to stop overdose deaths and the cycle of addiction.

Officers and captains, noticing the man — who had entered the jails a week ago on March 7 — was unresponsive around 3:30 p.m., used the anti-overdose medication Narcan on him and administered CPR.

Prairie Harm Reduction executive director, Kayla DeMong, described the dire conditions on the front lines of a recent overdose spike, asking for help from the government. (CBC) She said an on ...

BETHESDA, Md. — Nora Volkow, the federal government’s top drug addiction researcher, laughed when asked how a spate of recent policy changes at the National Institutes of Health had affected ...

Propranolol and metoprolol are both beta-blockers, which are a class of drugs taken for heart conditions, including angina (chest pain), arrhythmias (heart rhythm disorders), and high blood pressure.