EXCLUSIVE: NYC Health Department giving out free Naloxone kits amid overdose crisis
According to NYC health officials, one New Yorker falls victim to a drug overdose roughly every three hours.
NYPD discovers 'trap door' with fentanyl at site of Bronx daycare where 1-year-old died
Photos shared by police show bags full of powder inside the “trap floor," a few steps away from a shelf of children’s toys.
Queens drug bust reveals fentanyl danger to children
Detectives say there was also evidence that the drugs were being mixed with fentanyl.
Long Island candlelight vigil honors lives lost to drug, opioid overdoses
The vigil coincided with International Overdose Awareness Day, a globally recognized initiative aimed at dispelling the stigma surrounding opioid and substance use disorders.
Rite Aid prepares to file for bankruptcy: report
Rite Aid is facing numerous lawsuits regarding its alleged role in the opioid crisis
Activists gather in Times Square for Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day
Non-profit group Facing Fentanyl hosted the event, aimed at spreading awareness and changing the way we talk about the potentially deadly drug.
Nevada parents face murder charges after 8-month-old dies from fentanyl exposure: police
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.
More states legalize fentanyl test strips to fight rising opioid deaths
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.
NYC unveils first vending machine providing free naloxone
The first-of-its-kind vending machine in Brownsville offers the overdose-reversal drug naloxone, fentanyl test strips and birth control packs for free.
FDA approves nasal spray to reverse fentanyl, other opioid overdoses
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.
Rainbow fentanyl: Ohio AG warns of ‘death disguised as candy’
Authorities in Ohio are issuing another warning about the so-called “rainbow fentanyl" after hundreds of these pills were seized near Columbus.
NYC drug overdose deaths: Experts sound alarm on 'greatest threat ever'
The drug xylazine, called "tranq" or the zombie drug, is a powerful animal tranquilizer, often combined with heroin and fentanyl. Too much can immediately stop a user from breathing.
Suffolk County drug, weapons trafficking bust nets 21 arrests
Police say some of the 21 people arrested are alleged members of the Nine Trey Bloods gang.
Mexican president says lack of hugs caused US fentanyl crisis
On Friday, Mexico's president Andrés Manuel López Obrador told a morning news briefing that the problem was caused by “a lack of hugs, of embraces.”
East Harlem safe injection site saving lives, but neighbors feel frustrated and unsafe
People living near a safe injection site in East Harlem say there has been a dramatic increase in open drug use around the facility.
Animal sedative ‘zombie drug’ flooding opioid market: What you need to know
The animal sedative xylazine is flooding the illegal opioid market causing overdose, death and worse.
Several hospitalized after mass overdose at San Francisco home on Christmas
Authorities are investigating a mass overdose at a San Francisco home on Christmas that sent several people to the hospital, authorities said.
Nearly 107,000 US overdose deaths reported in 2021, CDC's final tally shows
Meanwhile, U.S. life expectancy also dropped in 2021 to about 76 years, 5 months — a decrease of 0.6 years from 2020, the CDC said.
Fentanyl exposures in children spike, public health official sounds alarm: 'Lock up your drugs'
Public health experts are reminding anyone who uses drugs to keep them stored properly and out of the reach of children,
Drug cartel sanctioned by U.S. Treasury Department over rainbow fentanyl
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has sanctioned the drug cartel La Nueva Familia Michoacana and its leaders for producing large amounts of rainbow fentanyl.