Fentanyl

New details of a federal investigation into a massive fentanyl ring have emerged, shedding light on the illegal sale and distribution of the ultra-deadly synthetic opioid.  The investigation, which has resulted in the arrest of 23…

In accordance with a new report, overdose deaths in the United States have reached an all-time high in recent years, and counterfeit drugs are responsible for a growing number of those deaths. The US Drug Enforcement Administration…

The White House said on Tuesday as part of its drive to have electronic surveillance programs renewed by Congress that the US had used them to apprehend fentanyl smugglers and the hackers who temporarily shut down a US gasoline pipeline.…

The Biden administration announced Friday a series of broad arrests and financial sanctions intended to obstruct the production and trafficking of the synthetic opioid fentanyl and Mexican Cartel across the US border.  The Department of…

An accidental overdose of fentanyl and other substances caused the death of a business traveler whose body was discovered in Louisiana this month, according to a coroner's statement released Tuesday. The case of 42-year-old Nathan…

Andres Manuel López Obrador, the president of Mexico, responded to criticism from the United States of his record in combating the deadly narcotic by claiming that more synthetic opioid fentanyl enters directly into the United States and…

A Virginia man was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison Monday for selling a package of fentanyl from a Costa Mesa motel that killed a 22-year-old woman. Matthew Benjamin Hurley told US District Judge James V. Selna during a hearing…

In April 2021, the United States passed a grim milestone: more than 100,000 Americans died from fentanyl overdoses in a single year. According to a press release from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the rise was driven by…