If you think fentanyl is the most dangerous drug Missouri is dealing with right now, health leaders say there’s something even stronger showing up across the state. Nitazenes: a powerful synthetic opioid now being detected statewide, often without users realizing it....
For the second year in a row, Missouri’s drug overdose deaths have declined. A new University of Missouri-St. Louis report shows 1,450 people still died from a drug overdose in 2024 – a reduction of nearly 500 from the previous year. Morgan Farnworth, an UMSL...
A new report from the University of Missouri-St. Louis shows that for the first time in several years, the state’s drug overdose deaths declined by 11%. Alisa Nelson talks to Rachel Winograd, an associate professor at the university, who says the decline is good news...
In 2021, 1 out of 47 deaths statewide were attributed to an opioid-involved overdose, most of which was fentanyl. A Missouri legislative taskforce is working to get a grip on the state’s opioid crisis by studying the epidemic and the effect the overuse of...
New federal data shows the number of drug overdose deaths in Missouri remained virtually the same in 2022 compared to the previous year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say Missouri reported nearly 2,200 drug overdose deaths last year. According to...
