Overdose deaths have decreased in Knox and Anderson Counties in 2024, with Knox seeing a 36% reduction and Anderson 15%.

According to a CDC report, there has been a decline in overdose deaths in America, specifically in the Commonwealth.

According to the 2024 Drug Overdose Fatality report, Kentucky saw a decrease of 30.2% in overdose deaths. It's the largest ...

Governor Andy Beshear announced that overdose deaths in the commonwealth decreased for the third year in a row, with a 30.2% ...

KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. — The Knox County Regional Forensic Center released its 2024 Annual Report and the Drug-Related Death ...

The CDC reports a 27.5% decline in overdose deaths in Kentucky last year. That was more than the 26.5% decline for the entire ...

First responders will administer the medication to people in the throes of withdrawal. A new approach supporters contend will ...

The clear positive in the report is a 36% decrease from the year before in drug-related deaths. “We took a significant decrease last year, 36 percent decline from the previous year,” said Chris Thomas ...

Kentucky's drop reflected broader gains achieved in the U.S. There were about 97,000 U.S. overdose deaths in the 12 months ...

Bath County saw the highest drug overdose death rate per capita across the Commonwealth, according to the state’s Overdose ...

Kootenai County Fire and Rescue is in charge of the statewide program to distribute free Narcan, In the last seven months, it ...

Two convicted in 2022 death of child in New Tazewell get lengthy prison sentences Jessica Birch, Regional Overdose Prevention Specialist with Metro Drug Coalition, said this decline is expected to ...