At-home test strips can detect fentanyl—but that’s just the first step to preventing overdoses By Philip Kiefer / Published April 3, 2022
The pandemic drove overdose deaths to a record high, but telemedicine may curb the trend By Kate Baggaley / Published July 22, 2021
How much chocolate would you have to eat for it to kill you? By Claire Maldarelli / Published February 12, 2021
The pandemic has had a dramatic effect on drug overdoses By Kat Eschner / Published December 22, 2020
With opioid overdoses on the rise, the U.S. should consider one proven safety measure: Giving people a safe place to do drugs By Grace Wade / Published November 19, 2019
Social media posts might be able to help researchers understand and predict opioid overdoses By Nicole Wetsman / Published November 6, 2019
A key tool to fighting the opioid crisis is in short supply By Tarlise Townsend and Freida Blostein/The Conversation / Published October 19, 2019
The CDC says more prescriptions of overdose reversal drug naloxone are needed By Nicole Wetsman / Published August 9, 2019
Doctors have been overprescribing fentanyl for years and the FDA hasn’t been able to stop it By Kat Eschner / Published February 20, 2019
You’re now more likely to die from opioids than in a car crash By Sara Chodosh / Published January 15, 2019
New data shows that Fentanyl kills more people than heroin By Sara Chodosh / Published December 15, 2018
Do we need an opioid 1,000 times more powerful than morphine? The FDA thinks so. By Jillian Mock / Published November 6, 2018
K2’s deadly mystery: Nobody knows what’s actually in synthetic marijuana By Nicole Wetsman / Published August 17, 2018
This drug can stop an opioid overdose—and you should carry it By Mary Beth Griggs / Published April 13, 2018