Fentanyl has made headlines for driving overdose deaths, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning of the rise of an even deadlier drug. Last year, nearly 70% of all U.S.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlines six strategies to prevent drug use among children and teenagers. While substance use among youth has declined ...

When she was 12 years old, Caitlin Acosta of Falls Church snuck into her parent’s medicine cabinet and found a bottle of Percocet, a Class 3 narcotic. “I didn’t really know what they were,” she said. ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has a new campaign to educate younger Americans on how to prevent substance abuse. Dr. Grant Baldwin, director of the CDC Division of Overdose ...

For the first time in more than a year, street drug deaths appear to be rising across the U.S. according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The latest available data, ...

The overall drug overdose death rate in urban and rural U.S. counties nearly quadrupled from 1999 to 2017, according to new CDC data reported by STAT. The CDC based its data on the National Vital ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sounding the alarm about a new drug that is a more potent form of fentanyl and is contributing to the thousands of overdose deaths that happen every ...

The webinar, titled “Challenges in the Management of Opioid-Using Patients in Emergency Departments,” will tackle the challenges ED personnel face in adequately treating patients’ pain without ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Chroming, a term for inhaling hydrocarbons from aerosol cans, spray paint, gas, and nail polish, is gaining popularity among teens, according to recent reports. Dr. Shan Yin, ...

This file photo shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot) It’s not good news, but there’s one tiny nugget of not-so-horrible news buried in a new Centers for ...