There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded.

Gov. Gavin Newsom will seek to regulate prescription drug intermediaries, eight months after vetoing a similar bill.

Around 80,000 people died from an overdose last year, according to provisional Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data — down 27% from 110,000 in 2023.

We’re not taking our time,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said. “We’re addressing this crisis with that sense of urgency that you deserve ...

Fatal opioid overdoses in the state are receding, but doctors and L.A. County officials warn measures credited with turning ...

Part of a countywide campaign to reduce opioid overdoses, four vending machines with free Narcan and fentanyl testing strips ...

However, among the potential cuts listed in the budget proposal in April was a program that directly expands access to naloxone: a $56 million annual grant through the Substance Abuse and Mental ...

LOS ANGELES — For the first time, California is reporting a decline in overdose deaths ... wound care supplies — and naloxone, the overdose-reversing medication commonly known as Narcan. Gov. Gavin ...