fentanyl

Amy Treglia shows scarring on her arms caused by xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer that is being used as a cutting agent for heroin and fentanyl.

A deadly new street drug caught the U.S. off guard. Experts say it'll happen again

7:00am June 17, 2023

by Brian Mann

A dangerous chemical called xylazine is being mixed into fentanyl across the U.S., but who's doing it and why is a mystery. The government still doesn't identify and track new drug threats.

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Image shows harm reduction workers at a mobile clinic

Health & Safety

Guilford partnership works to stem rise in opioid deaths

4:36pm May 18, 2023

by Jeff Kirkpatrick

Guilford County is experiencing an increase in opioid overdose deaths and emergency department visits, according to county and state data.

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Critics say U.S. government training videos like this one from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention exaggerate fears of fentanyl exposure among police.

Health & Safety

Cops say they're being poisoned by fentanyl. Experts say the risk is 'extremely low'

1:46pm May 17, 2023

by Brian Mann

Police officers regularly report being poisoned or overdosing after encountering trace amounts of fentanyl on the job. Experts say it's not happening.

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Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Tuesday that the department's investigative operation targeting fentanyl and opioid traffickers on the dark web resulted in a record number of arrests and seizures.

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Record number of people arrested in an international fentanyl operation, DOJ says

1:47pm May 02, 2023

by Deepa Shivaram

The Department of Justice announced arrests in an international operation targeting fentanyl sales on the dark web that spanned the U.S., Europe and South America. Nearly 300 people were arrested.

This Sept. 12, 2021 photo provided by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows drugs concealed inside the engine of a car.

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U.S. Marine gets 12 years for cross-border drug smuggling

1:00am April 22, 2023

by The Associated Press

Roberto Salazar II of San Diego was sentenced for importing fentanyl and for conspiracy to distribute heroin, meth, cocaine and fentanyl, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney's office.

New U.S. Justice Department indictments contain this image of armed gang members allegedly associated with the Chapitos network of the Sinaloa cartel.

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U.S. says it 'infiltrated' the Sinaloa drug cartel in the fight against fentanyl

2:31pm April 21, 2023

by Brian Mann

In sweeping indictments, the Justice Department targeted two dozen operatives in the Chapitos network of the Sinaloa cartel. But many drug policy experts say this won't slow fentanyl deaths.

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Attorney General Merrick Garland announces the Justice Department charged several leaders of the Sinaloa cartel, a transnational drug trafficking organization based in Sinaloa, Mexico, and several of its facilitators across the world.

U.S. charges El Chapo's sons and other Sinaloa cartel members in fentanyl trafficking

3:17pm April 14, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

Members of the Mexican cartel are facing several charges involving fentanyl trafficking, weapons and money laundering in New York, Illinois and Washington, D.C.

Coolio performs at Groovin The Moo in 2019 in Australia.

Coolio died of an accidental fentanyl overdose, coroner's report shows

10:08am April 07, 2023

by Kaitlyn Radde

Coolio died on Sept. 28, 2022, at a friend's home in Los Angeles. The 59-year-old rapper's cause of death was unknown at the time.

A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration badge. The DEA issued an alert warning of a "sharp increase in the trafficking of fentanyl mixed with xylazine" on Monday.

What to know about xylazine, the drug authorities are calling a public safety threat

1:01pm March 21, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

The veterinary tranquilizer has been linked to a growing number of overdose deaths across the country, especially in the Northeast. It's often combined with fentanyl, but can't be treated with Narcan.

"They are thriving," says Gary Walker of his adopted children Mazzy and Ransom. The hope is that with better addiction care, more Cherokee children can remain in intact families.

Opioids are devastating Cherokee families. The tribe has a $100 million plan to heal

5:33am March 19, 2023

by Brian Mann

The fentanyl crisis is hitting young people hard, and the highest death rates are in Native American communities. The Cherokee Nation is working to help young families recover.

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