A newly released report from the Virginia Department of Health shows an overall increase in fatal drug overdoses in 2021. The fourth-quarter report shows 2,656 total overdose deaths in 2021, a 15% ...

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In addition to their entrepreneurship and efforts with voting rights, Hartford residents Kennard Ray and James Jeter are working to draw attention to drug use and violence in Connecticut’s capital ...

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Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

Drug overdoses in the United States were deadlier than ever in 2021, according to provisional data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nearly 108,000 people died of drug overdoses ...

New CDC data released Wednesday indicates that deaths from drug overdoses in the U.S. reached a record-high last year. More than 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2021, the highest annual ...