US life expectancy reached a record high in 2024
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A year prior, the Biden administration gave different reasons for the start of the overdose deaths decline, describing its work to distribute more of the opioid-overdose reversing drug naloxone, increase access to addiction treatment medications and support of harm reduction programs .
A British national was convicted in connection to the death of two U.S. Navy submariners' deaths after a four-day trial in Brunswick.
U.S. overdose deaths fell through the most of last year, suggesting a lasting improvement in an epidemic that worsened for decades.
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More than 250 suspected overdose deaths reported in Knox County during 2025
During 2025, more than 250 people in Knoxville are believed to have suffered fatal overdoses. While that number is lower than the previous few years, data from the Knox County District Attorney General's office shows that overdose deaths occurred on more than half of the days in 2025.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska ( KTUU /Gray News) - A federal judge sentenced an Alaska man to 30 years in prison for providing a teen carfentanil, which led to her overdose death in 2024. Sean Doylton Mobley, 45, appeared somber in a federal courtroom in Anchorage on Thursday as Judge Timothy Burgess handed down his sentence.
Attorney General Marty Jackley announced on Monday that 11 people, including seven inmates, three private citizens, and one person who wascontracted by the state at the time, have been indicted for a November 2025 drug overdose death of an inmate at Mike Durfee State Prison.
CMI deploys AI-powered digital intervention designed to increase consistent carriage of naloxone, a life-saving
Drug overdose deaths are dropping statewide – and Warren County is no exception. The state’s Overdose Prevention Program is a statewide initiative led by the Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs to expand access to naloxone and drug checking tools to prevent fatal overdoses and strengthen overdose response.
A man was arrested for his alleged role in a T.O. overdose death, an LA man for trafficking a Ventura County youth and a man for DUI in Ventura.