Opioid Epidemic

According to police, the fentanyl was transported in a rolling suitcase on the subway.

Despite multiple failed drug tests, a judge rejected a request by prosecutors Thursday to revoke the bond of the mother of a 6-year-old who shot his teacher in Virginia as she awaits sentencing on a federal weapons charge that she used marijuana while possessing a firearm.

A 2-year-old girl has died from a fentanyl overdose in Washington state, and her father has pleaded not guilty in connection to her death.

This apparently was not the first time the dog had overdosed, according to a police spokesperson. The dog's owners could face charges of felony animal cruelty.

As of this week, you can now walk into a CVS, Walgreens, or Walmart and find the powerful opioid overdose reversal medication naloxone on shelves or online under the brand name Narcan. Previously, customers could only access the nasal spray directly from a pharmacist on site.

Rite Aid is facing numerous lawsuits regarding its alleged role in the opioid crisis

Carlos Macci could have faced up to nearly 20 years based on federal sentencing guidelines.

Xylazine, a powerful animal sedative often called "tranq," is frequently added to fentanyl. Some users say the combination gives a longer-lasting high, while also causing severe skin wounds.

The parents told Boulder City police that a bag of meth and fentanyl spilled on a bed, where they later allowed the child to crawl.

Roughly 20 states have legalized the test strips to stop rising deaths from the opioid crisis. The strips are still technically illegal in some states under drug paraphernalia laws.

Court grants billionaires liability protection from lawsuits seeking damages over the opioid crisis

U.S. health regulators on Monday approved a new easy-to-use version of a medication to reverse overdoses caused by fentanyl and other opioids driving the nation’s drug crisis.

Authorities in Ohio are issuing another warning about the so-called “rainbow fentanyl" after hundreds of these pills were seized near Columbus.

Two men were arrested at Midway Airport on Tuesday after they were caught with 44 pounds of fentanyl in their check bags, officials say. 

Jose Cruz Noguez pleaded guilty Tuesday to coordinating a smuggling effort that left 13 people dead when a Ford Expedition carrying 25 people was broadsided by a tractor-trailer in Imperial County in 2021.