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HHS Awards $247.9 Million for Opioid Treatment and Naloxone Training
The federal government and the states no longer regulate the same product. For anyone managing narcotic addiction with kratom, or trying to stop using it, that gap now determines what’s legal to buy depending on which side of a state line you stand on. The Drug Enforcement Administration filed notice on July 1, 2026 to …
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Baltimore Marks Overdose Awareness Day With Free Resource Fair
For families who have lost someone to opioid addiction, the last weekend in August has become a fixed point on the calendar. The Baltimore City Health Department will hold its International Overdose Awareness Day event on Saturday, August 29. The event promises to bring city agencies, community organizations, peer recovery specialists, and Baltimore families into …
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Texas Ranchers Say Smuggling Continues as Border Crossings Fall
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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Fentanyl Deaths Fell by Half as Treatment Access Stayed Flat
Fentanyl overdose deaths were cut in half since mid-2023, and two researchers who went looking for the reason came back with an uncomfortable answer. The interventions most often credited don’t appear to explain a drop that size. Greg Midgette and Peter Reuter of the University of Maryland published their analysis on August 6. The findings …
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Delaware Weighs Full Kratom Ban as Federal Rules Target 7-OH
The federal government and the states no longer regulate the same product. For anyone managing narcotic addiction with kratom, or trying to stop using it, that gap now determines what’s legal to buy depending on which side of a state line you stand on. The Drug Enforcement Administration filed notice on July 1, 2026 to …
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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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