Synthetic opioid deaths fell sharply in 2023 and 2024 after a shock to the fentanyl supply. New evidence points to precursor controls, not enforcement, as the key driver.

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. The significant, recent decline in U.S. drug overdose deaths was driven in large part by a sudden shift in North America’s illicit drug supply ...

Emergency doctors in Baltimore are wary of a new additive to street fentanyl that can complicate overdose treatment and prompt severe withdrawal symptoms. A November article in the Journal of the ...

SANTA ANA — A 36-year-old man was sentenced Monday to more than 15 years in federal prison for dealing a fatal dose of fentanyl to a 30-year-old woman in Anaheim. U.S. District Judge James Selna ...

Mark Crutchfield said his son Brandon was a typical teenager with a quick wit, a love for sports and acting and a knack for making others laugh — until he lost his life to a fentanyl overdose Nov. 4, ...

More than $1 million worth of illegal drugs, including a large amount of fentanyl, has been taken off metro Atlanta streets after a months-long investigation that led to 10 arrests, authorities said.

ATLANTA — More than 8.2 kilos of fentanyl and three ounces each of heroin and cocaine are now off the streets. Investigators said the drugs had an estimated value of $1 million. According to law ...

10 arrested in major metro Atlanta drug investigation Fentanyl, firearms, grenade and cash seized Drugs linked to multi-county trafficking network PAULDING COUNTY, Ga. - Ten people have been arrested ...

In his first year back in office, President Trump reshaped U.S. drug policy and the response to fentanyl deaths in sweeping, often chaotic fashion, rapidly dismantling efforts launched by the Biden ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The United States Drug Enforcement Administration released numbers showing progress in the fentanyl fight that has had New Mexico at the center of it over the last year. Of the ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi subjected herself to some social media mockery after she shared a chart showing a steep decline in fentanyl deaths, with data that ended before her boss, President Donald ...