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In this Oct. 22, 2018 file photo, a fentanyl user holds a needle near Kensington and Cambria in Philadelphia. Suicides and drug overdoses helped lead a surge in U.S. deaths last year, and drove a ...

Fatalities declined nearly 14% in 2025 to prepandemic levels, driven by a drop in fentanyl and other opioid-related deaths.

RICHMOND — Law enforcement efforts, public safety campaigns and more life-saving measures have likely helped reduce the number of fatal overdoses from fentanyl. The number of deadly fentanyl overdoses ...

A University of Washington (UW) researcher said a treatment costing less than 50 cents could help people addicted to fentanyl make the difficult transition to a medication that can save their lives.

A few years ago, I hired a young man who lived nearby to chainsaw some trees on my property. He used the money I paid him to buy drugs — and died from a bad batch of fentanyl-laced heroin. Statistics ...