Teen overdose deaths have doubled in three years, an alarming trend amid a historic decline in drug and alcohol use among high school students. The main reason is fentanyl. Teens consume the ...
Drug use among teens has decreased in the past couple of years, but a new study finds that overdose deaths for this age group rose dramatically in 2020. It's the first increase in a decade.
MUNCIE, Ind. — A Muncie man is accused of providing a Wells County teenager with the fentanyl that led to her fatal overdose. Teagon Eugene Thatcher II, 23, was arrested in recent days on a ...
Dr. Nora Volkow, who leads the National Institutes of Drug Abuse, would like the public to know things are getting better. Mostly. By Matt Richtel Historically speaking, it’s not a bad time to ...
Deaths related to psychostimulant use have more than doubled in California over just three years, according to state data. —In 2019, there were 2,875 deaths related to psychostimulant use in ...
The Cowlitz County Coroner's Office issued a warning Wednesday about the dangers of street drugs after recently seeing four ...
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Despite an overall decrease in drug use among teens compared to prior years, one startling trend accelerated – drug overdose deaths. According to the latest available data from the Centers for ...
We are experiencing a devastating epidemic. [somber music] Whether we talk about fentanyl, or the many variations of fentanyl, there is an abundance of drugs that students are having ready access to.
Two men suspected of supplying fentanyl to North Texas teens have been arrested and federally charged, officials said. Roberta Alexander Gaitan, 20, and Rafael Soliz Jr., 22, are both charged with ...
Deadly, addictive fentanyl has certainly earned the spotlight when it comes to overdose deaths — but carnage from stimulants like methamphetamine and cocaine is rising at a much faster clip.