overdose deaths

The Centers for Disease Control revealed Wednesday that the U.S. set a grim record in 2021 with 107,000 overdose deaths.

The provisional 2021 total translates to roughly one U.S. overdose death every 5 minutes.

Ten people died and seven others overdosed in Northeast D.C. within a three-day period after they took what officials believe was a “bad batch” of drugs laced with fentanyl.  The overdoses occurred in and around the Ivy City and Trinidad neighborhoods from about 10 a.m. Saturday to 6 p.m. Monday. Police had previously announced four deaths and three overdoses...

The overdoses occurred in the Ivy City and Trinidad neighborhoods of Northeast D.C. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

Four people died and three others had drug overdoses after they took what police believe was a tainted batch of narcotics within a period of about 24 hours in Northeast D.C., police said Sunday. The names of the people who died were not immediately released.  The overdoses occurred in and around the Ivy City and Trinidad neighborhoods starting at...

Two people have been arrested and charged after nine people died due to a lethal batch of drugs. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

D.C. residents and businesses can now get free Narcan kits delivered. News4’s Mark Segraves reports it’s part of an effort to prevent further opioid overdose deaths.

D.C. will deliver free Narcan kits to residents and businesses — and show people how to use the drug that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.

D.C. officials are warning the public about a “lethal batch” of opioids after three people died and several others had medical emergencies Friday in the Navy Yard area of Southwest.

A 13-year-old student at The Sport and Medical Sciences Academy in Hartford who was in grave condition because of an overdose has now died, according to police. Police said the teen suffered an overdose at the school Thursday and succumbed to his injures Saturday evening around 5:30 p.m. “Our city grieves for this child lost, for his loved ones, his…

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday that overdose prevention center (OPC) services, aimed at reducing overdose deaths — a public health issue that the country as a whole has been grappling with and seen a dramatic increase of during the pandemic — will open in New York City. OPCs, also referred to as supervised injection or supervised drug consumption sites,…

Overdose deaths soared to a record 93,000 last year in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic

Federal drug enforcers are warning about an alarming trend in drug overdose deaths tied to counterfeit pills containing fentanyl.

Federal drug enforcers are warning about an alarming trend in drug overdose deaths tied to counterfeit pills containing fentanyl. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.