drug overdose

Marco Troper, the 19-year-old UC Berkeley freshman and son of former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, was found unresponsive in his college dorm this past week. Family members, including his grandmother Esther Wojcicki, told local media that Troper's death was likely the result of a drug overdose. "...

In a bid to curb the rising drug crisis and homelessness, U.S. legislators are reportedly contemplating reversing a longstanding rule that bars Medicaid from funding substance abuse treatment in mental health facilities. This development emerges amid public outcry over visible drug use, escalating...

Over the last two decades, drug overdoses in the United States have soared, with deaths increasing over four times in the period between 1999 and 2017, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Adults aged 25 to 54 have the highest rates of opioid overdose deaths....