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Oregon paved the way as the first state to decriminalize drug use in 2020, to instead focus on addiction and recovery. But due to Portland's growing fentanyl crisis, Gov. Tina Kotek this week declared a 90-day emergency to address the increase in overdose deaths. Adam Yamaguchi has more.
Oregon paved the way as the first state to decriminalize drug use, but overdose deaths have only risen since 2020.
Overdoses from fentanyl are on the rise nationwide, but the problem is especially acute in Colorado, where law enforcement seized more illicit fentanyl in the first five months of this year than they did in all of last year. CBS News correspondent Jeff Pegues has more on the growing crisis.
Dex Carvey, the son of "Saturday Night Live" alum Dana Carvey, died from an accidental drug overdose, including fentanyl, ketamine and cocaine, the medical examiner said.
Rapper-turned-country singer Jelly Roll testified before a Senate committee about the importance of prioritizing the fentanyl crisis.
The growing calls for naloxone in schools are a response to increasing overdose deaths in young people.
Rebecca Auborn, 33, is accused of meeting men for sex before fatally drugging them and robbing them. Investigators believe there are more victims.
A woman discovers explicit photos of herself on her stepfather’s computer. Soon after, he’s found dead. Jade is a likely suspect, but did she do it? "48 Hours" correspondent Tracy Smith reports.
Jade Janks says she bought a towel, ropes and gloves for a project. But prosecutors believe she had a more sinister use for these items: murder. What was her alleged motive?
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Officials are warning about a drug combination of fentanyl and the animal sedative xylazine. Known as "tranq," the combination has been found in 48 states, and xylazine-related deaths have jumped from 15 in 2020 to 183 last year. Jericka Duncan reports.
The Georgia Department of Health reports deadly overdoses involving xylazine have jumped 1120% since 2020, as the White House declares the fentanyl-xylazine combo an "emerging threat." Jericka Duncan reports from Marietta, Georgia.
Officials are seeing a rise in cases in which xylazine, an animal tranquilizer, is being mixed with fentanyl. The drug cocktail often leads to deadly results. Jericka Duncan has more.
Pennsylvania is not the first state to classify xylazine as a controlled substance. Some legislators are pushing for a similar nationwide decision.
A toxicology report found lethal levels of fentanyl and xylazine in 17-month-old Brailey Stevenson's system, police said.
In the 12-month period ending in Oct. 2022, the United States recorded 101,750 overdose deaths, primarily from opioids.
As the U.S. continues to contend with a surge in accidental opioid deaths among teens -- some teachers are now being educated on the use of Narcan, a drug that reverses opioid overdoses. Christina Ruffini has more.
Fatal overdoses in teens ages 14 to 18 jumped 123% from 2019 to 2021, according to data from the CDC.
Advocates say they hope to see the money spent on evidence-based treatment options, including overdose prevention centers.
Xylazine is "increasingly present" in the nation's drug supply and has been found in overdose deaths from coast to coast.
GOP lawmakers have incorrectly blamed the spike in fentanyl overdoses on migrants, whom they blame for bringing the drugs across the border.
During the coronavirus pandemic, federal agencies changed rules to allow qualified clinicians to remotely prescribe buprenorphine, even to new patients.
Several provisions in the spending bill aim to make substance use disorder treatment more accessible.
The Drug Enforcement Administration said it seized in 2022 more than 379 million doses of fentanyl, which officials said is enough to kill every American. The agency reported this week that it confiscated over 50 million fake prescription pills laced with fentanyl and more than 10,000 pounds of fentanyl powder this year. Regina LaBelle, director of the Addiction and Public Policy Initiative at the O'Neill Institute at Georgetown University, joined CBS News to discuss.
This is the ninth month in a row that the rate of increasing overdose deaths has slowed, preliminary CDC data shows.
