prescription drug overdose News

Officials say fatal drug overdoses in North Carolina have jumped from 2002 to 2014. The Charlotte Observer reports federal data shows that overdoses killed as many as 16 people per 100,000 residents in the state in 2014 compared to about …

The number of Oklahoma residents dying from unintentional prescription drug overdose dropped last year. The Oklahoman reports the state saw a 5 percent decrease in such deaths from the previous year. Preliminary data from the state Health Department show 510 …