DDRC Updates

Nationally, the US overdose crisis continues to show improvement, but some Western states are seeing overdose deaths climb sharply in opposition to this trend...

The National Center for Health Statistics recently provided their 2024 report on overdose deaths in the US showing that the national drug overdose death rate fell by more than a quarter...

Drug checking data provides a reliable idea of the overall proportions of substances that are circulating in communities or even in specific samples, but on a harm reduction level...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) is alerting the U.S. public about increasing detections of medetomidine....

The spread of heavily adulterated drugs may be contributing to the decline in overdose deaths as more people opt out of risky drug use, according to a recent NPR article....

A recent New York Times article highlighted a new threat in the ongoing drug crisis: a group of synthetic opioids called orphines that are more powerful than fentanyl...

In this update, the SR-DDRC wishes to spotlight the 2026 National Drug Control Strategy, recently released by the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy....

In this update, the SR-DDRC wants to highlight information from the 2025 National Drug Threat Assessment published by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)....

According to a recent KFF analysis, opioid overdose death trends have notably decreased between 2023 and 2024, bringing the number of opioid overdose deaths closer to pre-pandemic levels....

The CDC has recently released a report describing the role of fentanyl and carfentanil in US drug overdose deaths....

A recent report by the Kaiser Family Foundation highlighted good news: the rate of overdose deaths notably decreased during 2023....

The SR-DDRC would like to inform you about a recent public safety alert issued by the DEA. The alert highlights...

In late 2022, the DEA issued a public safety alert about xylazine, often called "tranq." Xylazine is powerful sedative...

The SR-DDRC is sharing a public safety alert issued by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) that may be of interest to users working in law enforcement, ...