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by Kavita Babu, UMass Chan Medical School The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration issued a warning on Mar. 21, 2023, about an increase in trafficking of...

Only a small amount of fentanyl is enough to be lethal. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin A medical toxicologist explains by Kavita Babu, UMass Chan Medical School Buying drugs...

People tried to memorialize their loved one in different ways. Images of COVID-19 victims from Detroit are displayed in a drive-by memorial at Belle...

What’s the best way to solve America’s opioid overdose crisis? BackyardProduction/ iStock via Getty images Travis N. Rieder, Johns Hopkins University Year after year, America’s drug overdose...

Andrew Kolodny, Brandeis University For the past 20 years, I have been engaged in efforts to end the opioid epidemic, as a public health official,...

Much like his longtime musical rival and fellow megastar Michael Jackson, Prince Rogers Nelson was treated for a drug overdose just days before his death,…

There were 300 overdose deaths in Allegheny County in 2014, more than ever before. With 75 percent involving opioids. “There has been a 150 percent...

Dr. Conrad Murray, 60, has been released from prison after serving two years of a four sentence for his role in the death of music legend Michael Jackson. Murray was released at 12:00 AM PST after serving the shortened sentence handed down when he was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for administering a fatal dose of the anesthetic propofol to Jackson in his home, allegedly to help with his insomnia.