There were about 97,000 overdose deaths in the 12-month period that ended June 30, according to the CDC. It's a 14% decrease ...

A downtown Portland program that aims to boost safety and cleanliness in the city’s central core will expand its boundaries ...

After an attempt to decriminalize drugs made the addiction crisis in Oregon even worse, local Christians are pleading with ...

The federal government’s push to make Medicaid funding more flexible for drug addiction treatment in the last nine years has ...

Two Mainers are facing drug trafficking charges after police say they found fentanyl, cocaine, and meth during a traffic stop ...

Despite the decrease in fatal overdoses, the crisis is far from over, experts in Portland's recovery community said.

Dan Rayfield, a lawyer and former House Speaker, and Will Lathrop, a former deputy district attorney and non-profit human ...

Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid analgesic approved in the US in the 1960s. However, because it’s easy to make, cheap and potent, a black market for it has bloomed in the country in recent years.

While Narcan remains one of the most effective ways to prevent an overdose from becoming fatal, Portland Fire & Rescue’s CHAT ...

U.S. Attorney Tessa Gorman says members of a violent drug trafficking ring operating in Seattle’s University District have ...

Five Mexican citizens and two companies linked to La Linea, a violent Mexico-based drug trafficking organization that smuggles fentanyl and other synthetic drugs into the U.S. on behalf of the ...

(Ellen Lockyer/Alaska Public Media) The amount of fentanyl it takes to cause an overdose is 2 milligrams, the size of about six grains of salt, and enough fentanyl to kill about 500 people could ...