Injection drug use in the Appalachian region led to a significant syndemic of fatal overdoses and rising rates of HIV and viral hepatitis.

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, March 19, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Illicit drug users are fueling a surge of severe burn cases at hospitals, as more choose to smoke their dope rather ...

Smoking instead of injecting drugs can reduce harm, but a new study shows opioid smokers are four times as likely to suffer severe burns.

A new analysis in Oregon reveals a heightened incidence of severe burns requiring hospital-level care as illicit drug use nationwide has shifted from injection to smoking. Researchers analyzed Oregon ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of drugs Indiana bought to carry out executions were wasted. Gov. Mike Braun told a gathering of reporters Tuesday that Indiana ...

For years, the idea of establishing supervised drug injection sites has been a long-standing goal for some progressive California leaders looking to address the burgeoning overdose crisis. Efforts to ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- It's been less than a week since New York City opened its first supervised injection sites, and the mayor says many lives have already been saved. Mayor Bill de Blasio says ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the weeks leading up to what was expected to be a second attempt to execute Idaho’s longest-serving death row prisoner, state ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On May 22, Oscar Smith, who was convicted of killing his wife and her two teenage sons, was executed in Tennessee by lethal ...

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. ROCHESTER, N.H. — Megan Merrill paused, mid-hike, as she surveyed the steep drop before her. She was standing on a five-foot snow drift, icy ...

Ontario’s move to pull funding for London’s only supervised drug consumption site could worsen overdoses and health risks in a city already struggling with homelessness and addiction, health officials ...