The Rize Newsroom·Thursday, June 25, 2026

Third straight year of falling opioid deaths, and a rising meth and cocaine curve that naloxone cannot touch.

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Oct 31The Crisis, By the Numbers
HHS Says Opioid Deaths Are at a Decade Low. The Number It Led With Isn't an Opioid Number.
Oct 29Policy & Funding
Marijuana Arrests Rose for the First Time in a Decade, and Almost All of the Increase Was Black
Oct 29Science & Medicine
Two Postdocs Are Telling the DEA That Schedule I Is Not a Place to Park Uncertainty
Oct 29Lived Experience & Community
"Being Sober Is Payment Enough." Why a Gift Card Works on Meth Anyway
Oct 29The Crisis, By the Numbers
The Overdose Decline Has a Hole in It, and Meth Is Standing in It
Oct 25The Crisis, By the Numbers
Overdose Deaths Nearly Halved, and We Still Can't Count the People Who Know Why
Oct 25Harm Reduction
San Francisco's First MGM-15 Death Puts a Gas-Station Opioid on the Record
Oct 25Policy & Funding
The FDA Says Zyn Is Safer Than a Cigarette. It Left the Hard Part Off the Label.
Oct 25The Crisis, By the Numbers
Nobody Can Say Why You Stopped Dying. Until They Can, Don't Bet on It Lasting.
Oct 23Policy & Funding
FDA Wants to Know How to Test Ibogaine on Humans. You Have Until Nov. 20 to Tell It.

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Minnesota's Opioid Deaths Fell Again. The Stimulant Deaths Don't Have an Antidote Waiting.

More reporting

HHS Says Opioid Deaths Are at a Decade Low. The Number It Led With Isn't an Opioid Number.

Marijuana Arrests Rose for the First Time in a Decade, and Almost All of the Increase Was Black

Two Postdocs Are Telling the DEA That Schedule I Is Not a Place to Park Uncertainty

"Being Sober Is Payment Enough." Why a Gift Card Works on Meth Anyway

The Overdose Decline Has a Hole in It, and Meth Is Standing in It

Overdose Deaths Nearly Halved, and We Still Can't Count the People Who Know Why

San Francisco's First MGM-15 Death Puts a Gas-Station Opioid on the Record

The FDA Says Zyn Is Safer Than a Cigarette. It Left the Hard Part Off the Label.

Nobody Can Say Why You Stopped Dying. Until They Can, Don't Bet on It Lasting.

FDA Wants to Know How to Test Ibogaine on Humans. You Have Until Nov. 20 to Tell It.

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Minnesota's Opioid Deaths Fell Again. The Stimulant Deaths Don't Have an Antidote Waiting.

More reporting

HHS Says Opioid Deaths Are at a Decade Low. The Number It Led With Isn't an Opioid Number.

Marijuana Arrests Rose for the First Time in a Decade, and Almost All of the Increase Was Black

Two Postdocs Are Telling the DEA That Schedule I Is Not a Place to Park Uncertainty

"Being Sober Is Payment Enough." Why a Gift Card Works on Meth Anyway

The Overdose Decline Has a Hole in It, and Meth Is Standing in It

Overdose Deaths Nearly Halved, and We Still Can't Count the People Who Know Why

San Francisco's First MGM-15 Death Puts a Gas-Station Opioid on the Record

The FDA Says Zyn Is Safer Than a Cigarette. It Left the Hard Part Off the Label.

Nobody Can Say Why You Stopped Dying. Until They Can, Don't Bet on It Lasting.

FDA Wants to Know How to Test Ibogaine on Humans. You Have Until Nov. 20 to Tell It.

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