It’s possible to overdose on Xanax, especially if it’s used alongside other drugs. Mixing Xanax with alcohol can also be fatal. Xanax is the brand name for alprazolam, a prescription ...

Health experts consider a phencylidine (PCP) overdose a medical emergency that requires immediate treatment. Different treatments are available and may include sedation, activated charcoal ...

The large study analyzed the health records of 1.3 million people. A new study suggests that GLP-1 agonist medications like Ozempic, which are used for diabetes management and weight loss, may ...

ATLANTA,GEORGIA - SEPTEMBER 21: The exterior of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, Thursday, September 21, 2023. (Alyssa Pointer for The Washington Post) Federal ...

In findings that suggest inroads are being made in the battle against America's opioid epidemic, new government data shows a ...

An inmate at Westchester County Jail died while in custody Friday of a possible drug overdose, The Post has learned. Dereck Ali, who was locked up on assault and weapons charges out of Yonkers ...

For roughly two decades, the United States has been gripped by an increasingly deadly overdose crisis, largely driven by the opioid fentanyl, that has killed more than 1 million people since 2000.

New figures from the U.S. Centres for Disease Control show a sharp drop in overdose deaths, offering a rare glimmer of hope in the fight to curb the opioid crisis. "I've been studying overdose ...

After years of continuously rising opioid overdoses, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that overdose deaths decreased 3% in 2023, the first annual decrease since 2018.

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — One year after a Long Island teenager died of an accidental overdose, police have arrested the man who allegedly sold her pills laced with fentanyl, but the district attorney ...

The mother and grandfather of a 17-month-old Lancaster toddler who died of a fentanyl overdose have been charged with his murder. The grandfather, Jessie Darthard, told sheriff’s deputies that ...

Fewer Ohioans are dying of drug overdoses, a new state report shows. Stark County overdose deaths increased in 2023 for the sixth consecutive year. Local health officials say overdose deaths ...