The drugs are believed to be 10 times stronger than fentanyl ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new sedative used in veterinary medicine is showing up in street drugs, leading to severe health complications and frequent ...

For years, overdose deaths in North Carolina have been falling, part of a broader national trend that researchers say is ...

A dangerous substance known as medetomidine is crowding emergency rooms in some states. Medetomidine is appearing in North ...

Call 911 immediately if someone turns blue or appears to stop breathing. Narcan is effective for some drug overdoses and not for others. Its effects can last between 30 and 90 minutes. Some people ...

Public health workers say new restrictions on drug-checking supplies come as street drugs become more contaminated and unpredictable.

Researchers say some structural changes in treating addiction are helping, including wider access to overdose reversing ...

A dangerous street drug called “New Jack City” is hitting Baltimore and could be tied to last week’s mass overdose, according to police sources and community members familiar with the city’s open-air ...

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European police said Wednesday they busted a major synthetic drug ring working across several countries in the "largest-ever operation" of its kind, striking a "massive blow" to organized crime.

Police and neighborhood denizens mingled at the opening of the 'Triage Center' at Sixth and Jesse streets on Feb. 7, 2025. The 'Triage Center' closed in June and the space was briefly repurposed into ...

A new sedative used in veterinary medicine is showing up in street drugs, leading to severe health complications and frequent intensive care unit admissions, local emergency physicians warn.