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Knox County, Tennessee Overdose Deaths Fell 24% in DEA Surge
Border interdiction numbers don’t measure how safe the drug supply is, and a report from Texas illustrates the gap as smuggling continues. For anyone living or supporting those with opioid addiction, the practical takeaway from falling border statistics is smaller than the headline suggests. People along the Southern border region in Texas remain vigilant despite …
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Overdose Deaths Fell 12.1% in Latest CDC Provisional Data
The national overdose picture continues to improve, and the newest federal numbers put a figure on it. Despite the constant threat of new illicit drugs in the market, CDC provisional data predicts 68,641 drug overdose deaths in the United States for the 12 months ending February 2026, a 12.1% decline from 2025. For anyone living with …
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Abandoned House Repairs Tied to 17.6% Drop in Opioid Deaths
Repairing abandoned houses on a city block correlated with fewer fatal opioid overdose deaths in one Philadelphia neighborhood, according to a study. Even though states like Pennsylvania have many outstanding treatment options and local community groups like Narcotics Anonymous, these findings go beyond the usual set of responses to the opioid crisis However, researchers are …
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Xylazine Linked to 18 Overdose Deaths in Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Two state alerts and local overdose deaths point the same direction in Northeast Ohio. Even though The Buckeye State features a wide range of programs to deal with substance misuse, including local Narcotics Anonymous chapters on the local level, a new wave of substances like xylazine threaten to increase the human toll. This time, there’s …
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Opioid Overdose Calls Fall 56% in Whatcom County, Washington
Two years after declaring a state of emergency over fentanyl, one Washington county now reports the kind of numbers reflecting the rest of the country. For anyone tracking whether the response to opioid addiction is working, Whatcom County offers a useful test case, because the county published what it did and added what happened next. …
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Only 36% of Rural People Who Use Drugs Had Naloxone, Study Finds
Naloxone reverses opioid overdose. It works in minutes, requires no medical training, and costs a fraction of an ambulance ride. Yet in a new analysis of more than 3,000 people in rural areas affected by opioid addiction, only 36% had it. Dr. P. Quincy Moore headed a team based at the Permanente Medical Group in …
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2 in 3 Patients Had Leftover Opioid Pills, JAMA Finds
Most people given opioids for short-term pain stop taking them well before the pain is gone. That’s the reassuring finding from a large new federally supported study. The harder finding is what stays behind in the medicine cabinet, and why leftover pills should be properly trashed. However, many prescriptions stay in the cabinet, which leads …
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Study Links Multiple Heroin Use Routes to Higher Overdose Odds
For years, the working assumption in overdose prevention was that injecting carried the highest risk and that moving away from it lowered that risk. A new analysis of people affected by heroin addiction in Baltimore complicates the picture. It found no evidence that any one route of use was riskier than another. In this case, …
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Health Officials Report 27% Drop in San Francisco Overdose Deaths
San Francisco overdose deaths fell 27% in the first half of 2026 compared with the same period last year, the city’s Department of Public Health announced at a press conference in mid-July. The city recorded 262 overdose deaths from January through June. For people who use drugs in San Francisco and for the families around …
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Drug Trafficking Kingpin Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison
The leader of an international drug trafficking organization operating through Southern California was sentenced on July 9 to 240 months, or 20 years, in federal prison. For people living with narcotic addiction and the families around them, it’s a reason to celebrate. To be sure, The Golden State offers a wide breadth of programs ranging …
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