Fentanyl

Fentanyl was involved in the vast majority of all teen overdose deaths – 84% – in 2021, and the problem has been growing. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fentanyl-related adolescent overdose deaths nearly…

Bags of heroin, some laced with fentanyl, are displayed before a press conference at the office of the New York Attorney General regarding a major drug bust, Sept. 23, 2016.Drew Angerer | Getty ImagesThe Biden administration unveiled a plan…

OXFORD, Miss., July 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oxford Treatment Center, a leading provider of substance use and co-occurring mental health treatment in Mississippi, is warning residents about the dangers of xylazine, a veterinary…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Plastic bags of Fentanyl are displayed on a table at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection area at the International Mail Facility at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. November 29, 2017.…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A U.S. magistrate judge on Friday ordered three men detained on drug trafficking charges accusing them of supplying illicit fentanyl linked to a fatal overdose in Oregon, prosecutors said.A…

Phoenix, AZ, June 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid, has emerged as a significant public health concern across the United States, contributing to a surge in overdose-related fatalities. In response to…

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON - Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — At Cleveland's Urban Kutz Barbershop, customers can flip through magazines as they wait, or help themselves…

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON - Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — At Cleveland's Urban Kutz Barbershop, customers can flip through magazines as they wait, or help themselves…

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON - Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — At Cleveland's Urban Kutz Barbershop, customers can flip through magazines as they wait, or help themselves…

HONOLULU (AP) — Two people died in what officials believe was a mass fentanyl overdose over the weekend involving five people in a hotel room in the Hawaii tourist mecca of Waikiki.Emergency responders were called…