Fentanyl crisis in Northeast Ohio: Breaking free of addiction after ...
5 hours ago · Counterfeit pills made with fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid, are killing people young and old, in the city and in the suburbs. 19 Investigates continues to follow the fentanyl crisis ...
The street supply of fentanyl is dropping. This shift could save ...
Oct 1, 2024 · Many addiction experts say the supply of street fentanyl in the U.S. is drying up -- a win in the fight against overdose deaths that many experts once viewed as unachievable.
U.S. "losing a generation" to deadly fentanyl, DEA head says - CBS News
Sep 22, 2024 · Fentanyl, which is often hidden in counterfeit pills, is fueling the worst drug crisis in U.S. history. Last year the synthetic opioid killed more than 70,000 Americans.
Fake fentanyl pills skyrocket in U.S. police seizures, study finds - NPR
May 13, 2024 · A new study shows a dramatic spike in the number of counterfeit fentanyl pills being seized by law enforcement, an indication of the growing illicit drug supply driving the country's historic...
2M fentanyl pills seized in Phoenix police's AZ-Mexico drug …
6 days ago · 2M fentanyl pills, meth, guns seized in Phoenix police's AZ-Mexico bust. Authorities busted an international drug trafficking network, leading to the seizure of millions of fentanyl pills, more ...
Officials Seized 115 Million Illicit Fentanyl Pills in 2023 | TIME
May 14, 2024 · U.S. law enforcement officials seized more than 115 million pills containing illicit fentanyl in 2023—a dramatic increase that experts say is “alarming” and shows the need for increased...
Over 115 million pills containing illicit fentanyl seized by law ...
May 13, 2024 · Law enforcement seizures of illicit fentanyl increased dramatically in number and size between 2017 to 2023 in the U.S., especially in pill form, according to a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
Influx of deadly street fentanyl reaching the U.S. continues to ... - NPR
May 13, 2024 · Two new reports show the fentanyl crisis isn't easing, as drug cartels continue to flood U.S. communities with the deadly illicit opioid often disguised as fake prescription pills.
Fentanyl plus stimulants drives ‘fourth wave’ of ... - NBC News
Sep 14, 2023 · Overdoses from people taking both fentanyl and a stimulant, mainly cocaine or meth, have skyrocketed, ushering in what researchers are calling a fourth wave of the overdose epidemic.
DEA cracks down on pill presses in latest front in the fight ... - CBS News
Feb 27, 2024 · In one bust, DEA agents seized several presses, along with 200,000 suspected fentanyl pills, in a duplex-turned-drug lab in New York City. "In the last six months, we've seized pill presses in...