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.
Walmart agrees to pay $3.1 billion to settle opioid lawsuits
Walmart has agreed to pay $3.1 billion to settle lawsuits nationwide over the impact of the prescriptions its pharmacies filled for powerful prescription opioid painkillers.
CDC softens opioid prescribing guidelines for doctors
The nation’s top public health agency on Thursday softened its guidelines for U.S. doctors prescribing oxycodone and other opioid painkillers.
National Prescription Take Back Day: Here’s where you can drop off unwanted medication
The event provides a safe and convenient way to dispose of unneeded medications at more than 4,000 drop-off sites nationwide.
California middle school student arrested for bringing fentanyl to school, causing employee to overdose
Police responded to the junior high after the school reported that a student was in possession of about 150 fentanyl pills disguised as Percocet.
‘Rainbow fentanyl’: DEA warns of colorful synthetic drugs aimed at attracting young people
The colorful narcotics were seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration in 18 different states this month alone.
Parents seek drug dealer in daughter’s death, offer reward: ‘No questions asked’
Robert Gilliam says he and his wife are putting drug dealers on notice after their 22-year-old daughter died from an overdose.
NJ man ran interstate fentanyl mailing operation from Staten Island: Feds
Authorities say that Joel Manuel De Jesus Amparo
Judge rules CVS, Walgreens and Walmart owe 2 Ohio counties $650M in opioids suit
The Ohio counties convinced the jury that the three pharmacies played an outsized role in creating a public nuisance in the way they dispensed pain medication.
Bronx drug bust nets nearly $2M in heroin/fentanyl, 2 men arrested
DEA agents seized over 13 points of a heroin/fentanyl blend with a street value of nearly $2 million.
Fentanyl risk from $1 bill? Drug safety expert dispels myths about second-hand exposure
In a viral Facebook post, a Kentucky woman says she had to be hospitalized after picking up a dollar bill from the ground that she thinks was laced with the drug fentanyl.
Lauren Boebert introduces bill to classify fentanyl as weapon of mass destruction
GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert, a freshman representing Colorado’s 3rd district, is pushing to classify the synthetic opioid fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction.
Doctors turn to opioid alternatives for pain relief
Many people first become addicted to the power of painkillers during surgery and recovery, but now, doctors are looking to alternative methods to relieve pain and help patients.
Powerful synthetic opioid called ISO can be lethal to the touch
A dangerous drug is hitting the streets at an alarming rate. The drug is called ISO, and health experts say it's up to 50 times stronger than fentanyl.
12-year-old boy dead from fentanyl overdose after forced to clean uncle's drug lab, prosecutors say
A man and woman from New Jersey were arrested after the boy's nephew was found to have overdosed on fentanyl earlier this year, announced the Camden County Prosecutor's Office.
'Always be cautious': Fentanyl, cocaine pills disguised as Tylenol seized by Ohio police
Police in Lorain, Ohio, shared a photo of a seized fentanyl pill pressed with what appears to look like the word “Tylenol.”
NYC nightclubs, bars would carry Narcan under new bill
Legislation being considered in New York City would provide nightclubs and bars with training and up to 10 free kits that reverse opioid overdoses.
West Point cadets on spring break overdose on fentanyl-laced cocaine in South Florida vacation home
Four West Point cadets on spring break in South Florida overdosed on cocaine laced with fentanyl, with two other cadets becoming exposed to the drug after they began performing CPR on their friends. All had to be hospitalized, with at least one person in critical condition, rescue officials said.
Opioid victims face Purdue Pharma owners: 'Scum of the earth'
In a U.S. Bankruptcy Court virtual hearing, more than two dozen addiction and overdose survivors addressed members of the Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma. One speaker called a family member "scum of the earth."
Fentanyl dealers linked to Bronx overdoses charged by Feds
Eight men were charged as part of a drug trafficking organization whose sales of the dangerous opioid led to the overdose deaths of at least six people.