Droughts have been known to reduce overdose deaths. For example, Australia experienced a significant “heroin drought” in 2001 ...

Synthetic opioid deaths fell sharply in 2023 and 2024 after a shock to the fentanyl supply. New evidence points to precursor ...

U.S. overdose deaths fell through the most of last year, suggesting a lasting improvement in an epidemic that worsened for ...

A University of Maryland criminologist reports that shortages of precursor chemicals, not reduced demand, likely drove the ...

Axios Visuals Chinese crackdowns on fentanyl may have reduced overdoses and saved American lives, new research shows. Why it matters: The data-backed explanation for the 34% plunge in overdose deaths ...

The White House post isn’t the first time the Trump administration blamed Maduro for trafficking fentanyl to the U.S. Trump has cited the potent synthetic opioid that is responsible for most U.S. drug ...

A new Science paper links the sharp decline in U.S. overdose deaths since 2023 to reduced fentanyl potency, pointing to a ...

Members of Congress are urging Secretary of State Antony Blinken to pressure China to do more to curb the flow of fentanyl and synthetic opioids into the United States on his visit to the country ...

A "major disruption in the illicit fentanyl trade, possibly tied to Chinese government actions," may have caused a drop in ...

Chinese and American officials held the first meeting of a working group that aims to curb the flow of illegal drugs like fentanyl to the U.S. and the chemicals used to make them. “We reached common ...

A recent scientific study identified the reduced supply of fentanyl as one of the primary factors behind a significant drop ...

Trump administration's claim that abducted Venezuelan leader is behind gangs sending drugs to US do not stack up.