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CDC data shows a 10% drop in overdose deaths this year
CDC data shows a 10% drop in overdose deaths this year.
Sep 25, 2024

Fentanyl Education Resources Available in 13 Languages
In a large-scale effort to make fentanyl and counterfeit pill education resources available to communities, The Addiction Policy Forum...
Sep 19, 2024


Study Shows Over 320,000 Children in the U.S. Lost a Parent to Drug Overdose
A new study published in JAMA Psychiatry estimates that between 2011 and 2021, 321,566 children in the US lost a parent to a drug...
May 13, 2024


Participate in a study to advance research on intentional overdose
Addiction Policy Forum (APF) has partnered with the American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT) on a new project to advance...
Jul 27, 2023


CDC Dashboards Help Track Nonfatal Drug Overdoses
Overdose deaths have reached a devastating new 12-month record, with nearly 110,000 American lives lost from December 2021 to December...
Jun 9, 2023

Considerations for Over-the-Counter Naloxone: Patient, Family, and Practitioner Perspectives
A new report from the Addiction Policy Forum provides feedback from patients, caregivers, and practitioners on the U.S. Food and Drug...
Apr 4, 2023


Addiction Policy Forum endorses OTC Naloxone; Presents to the FDA
APF Executive Director Jessica Hulsey spoke before a Joint meeting of the Nonprescription Drugs and the Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug...
Feb 17, 2023


Medications for Sleep Disorders Associated With Increased Overdose Risk for Teens
A new study from researchers at Rutgers University found that teens and young adults treated for sleep disorders with benzodiazepines...
Dec 5, 2022


New Overdose Data: 107,622 Overdose Deaths in 2021
Last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released provisional data showing there were 107,622 overdose deaths in 2021,...
Jun 1, 2022


Colliding Epidemics Highlight Need for More Resources
As cases of COVID-19 continue to spread across America, the effects of the pandemic on the opioid crisis are creating mounting concerns...
Sep 2, 2020

International Overdose Awareness Day
Contact Your Member of Congress to Urge Them to Increase Resources for Naloxone As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the...
Aug 31, 2020


Opioid Use Disorders and Opioid Overdose Epidemics
Improving Narcan availability is the best chance of saving lives from overdose.
Jul 28, 2020


New Report on How Naloxone Saves Lives
New Report on How Naloxone Saves Lives
Apr 29, 2020

Statement: Drug Overdose Deaths Decline for the First Time in Over a Decade
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) revealed that 67,367 people died from a drug overdose in 2018.
Jan 30, 2020

Suicide might be a root cause of more opioid overdoses than we thought
If all overdoses are considered “accidental” until proven otherwise, we may be missing higher rates of suicide and depression
Dec 12, 2019


Naloxone Facts
Naloxone is now available in many places without a prescription. Naloxone is a temporary antidote for overdoses from opioid drugs Here...
Aug 23, 2019


Naloxone Administration
Naloxone is now available in most places without a prescription. Naloxone is a temporary antidote for opioid drugs which include but are...
Aug 23, 2019


After an Overdose
When someone has been revived with an opioid overdose reversal medicine they come out of it very scared, angry and confused. Here are...
Aug 23, 2019

Ask a Counselor: Yes, Mixing Substances is Dangerous and Potentially Lethal
It is important to understand how substances, including prescribed medications, can interact with each other and other substances.
Jul 25, 2019


Fentanyl-adulterated Cocaine: Strategies to Address the New Normal
Cocaine and fentanyl are proving to be a lethal combination.
Apr 25, 2019
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