For more than a decade, the United States has faced a relentless and heartbreaking increase in fatal drug overdoses driven by ...

Fentanyl, a strong opioid about 50 times more powerful than heroin, has become increasingly present in the U.S. drug supply and has caused a wave of overdose deaths among people who consume it or use ...

Fentanyl does not smell like popcorn when it burns. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that fentanyl is odorless and tasteless, and there is no visible way of knowing if or how ...

Two powerful Mexican drug cartels have flooded the U.S. with fentanyl, leading to the worst drug crisis in American history. Fentanyl was responsible for more than 70,000 deaths last year. The U.S. is ...

A nitazene powder sample at the Center for Forensic Science Research and Education on Oct. 20, 2023, in Willow Grove, Pa. A nitazene powder sample at the Center for Forensic Science Research and ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The death toll from fentanyl and other synthetic opioids is falling for the first time since the drugs began flooding America’s streets a decade ago. Users and police in this city’s ...

Freshman Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen introduced her first piece of legislation Thursday. The Stop the Import of Fentanyl Act would set up a national center under the Drug Enforcement ...

Drug experts say U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s statement ignores critical facts about fentanyl and drug seizures. Not everyone is at risk of dying from a fentanyl overdose, experts say. To die ...

The Senate passed a bipartisan bill Friday that will permanently classify fentanyl-related substances, also known as fentanyl analogs, as Schedule I substances under the Controlled Substances Act. The ...

Editor’s note: This file has been updated to correct the list of states in which the alleged drug trafficking operation spanned. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday touted the “largest fentanyl bust ...

The number of babies born with severe birth defects affecting their growth and development is rising, as researchers now have strong evidence that illicit fentanyl is causing the problems. Hospitals ...

President Trump on Wednesday signed legislation aimed at cracking down on illegal fentanyl and toughening prison sentences for those who traffic the drug. Trump signed the Halt All Lethal Trafficking ...