Narcan

A Maine woman is facing felony charges after her toddler ingested and overdosed on heroin or fentanyl, police said. Officers who discovered a lifeless body at the scene administered the overdose-antidote Narcan on Sunday, and the 1.5-year-old boy began to regain consciousness, police said. The toddler’s mother, from Lewiston, was arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of a...

President Joe Biden is sending his administration’s first national drug control strategy to Congress

Data released earlier this month confirmed what many human services providers expected to see: that 2021 was the deadliest year in Vermont history for opioid overdoses. “This is already jaw-dropping numbers for Vermont,” said Brenda Siegel, a policy advocate and former gubernatorial candidate in Vermont. The figure Siegel was discussing was the record 210 people known to have died in…

2021 was the deadliest year in Vermont history for opioid overdoses.

The latest drug overdose statistics in New Hampshire show a sharp increase in the number of deaths caused by mixing fentanyl with other drugs.

Police in Salisbury, Massachusetts, say a New Hampshire man was overdosing behind the wheel when he caused a horrific crash. An 82-year-old woman is in the hospital with serious injuries after the crash Tuesday afternoon. NBC10 Boston has learned that the driver from New Hampshire should not have been driving.

Police say a Vermont State Police trooper who collapsed after apparently being exposed to an opioid-like drug during a traffic stop was revived by fellow troopers who administered the overdose-reversal drug Narcan.

As people across the region continue to deal with the devastating opioid crisis, some employers are now making sure they have Narcan — a life saving treatment for opioid overdoses — on site.

As people across the region continue to deal with the devastating opioid crisis, some employers are making sure they have Narcan on site.

A 4-year-old program that provides Connecticut state troopers with training and equipment to reverse opioid overdoses is being credited with saving 268 lives.

Massachusetts State Police said two occupants in a car that caused a crash on Interstate 95 on Friday were found unresponsive and had to be revived using Narcan due to a possible drug overdose.

Pharmacies across Massachusetts can now dispense drug overdose reversal medication without a prescription.

Singer Demi Lovato was rushed to the hospital Tuesday after an apparent drug overdose. The former Disney star has been open about her struggles with addiction and recently celebrated six years of sobriety. However, in her latest song “Sober” Lovato admitted that she had relapsed.

Health officials are investigating a sudden spike in non-fatal drug overdoses in the Philadelphia area over the weekend.

Police say a woman overdosed behind the wheel of her minivan while her 4-year-old son was in the back seat in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Cities like Baltimore are feeling the financial squeeze as they rely on naloxone to try and counteract rising overdose rates. Some hard-hit communities across the country are struggling to pay for dosages even at reduced prices. With more overdoses driven by synthetic opioids like fentanyl and carfentanil — so potent it’s used as an elephant tranquilizer — naloxone remains pricy...

An increase in opioid overdoses over the last few days has prompted officials in Lowell, Massachusetts to send a warning to area residents.

A winner of the reality TV show “Survivor” bit a police officer after being found unconscious in the driver’s seat of her running parked car and had to be revived with the opioid overdose antidote drug Narcan, police said.

In Maine, there’s confusion at the state’s Capitol over new rules to make Narcan more accessible.

As the American opioid crisis reaches near epidemic levels, law enforcement agencies across the country are training their officers how to use Narcan to revive people who have overdosed. The LA County Sheriff’s Department has deployed over 600 deputies with Narcan and is changing the way law enforcement approaches the opioid crisis.