New interactive map sheds light on overdoses in Forsyth County
A new interactive map shows where drug overdoses are happening in Forsyth County. The goal is to raise awareness and share ways to help.
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Indian courts can't prosecute non-Indian drug suspects. Tribes say it's a problem
As the fentanyl crisis ravages Native American communities, some of their leaders want Indian police and courts to go after non-tribal dealers. But they can't without getting permission from Congress.
Cheap, plentiful and devastating: The synthetic drug kush is walloping Sierra Leone
Kush, a synthetic cannabinoid, is spreading quickly for the promise of a stress-relieving high. But what's the impact on users — and Sierra Leonean society? And how are the authorities responding?
'I ain't found it yet.' No line this mother won't cross to save her addicted daughter
Renae was so desperate to keep her child alive when so many others have died from overdose that she resorted to extreme measures — and extreme risks. She now supervises drug use in her own home.
Who is sneaking fentanyl across the southern border? Hint: it's not the migrants
We know that illicit fentanyl is flowing into the U.S. from Mexico. Yet we rarely hear from the couriers who smuggle most of it through legal ports of entry. This is one of their stories.
Adderall shortage forces some patients to scramble, ration or go without
The FDA announced the supply troubles in the fall. Four months later, the medication remains hard to get and could stay that way until the spring
Unfounded fears about rainbow fentanyl become the latest Halloween boogeyman
Experts say misinformation about candy laced with drugs happens every Halloween. But public alarm from a DEA warning about bright-colored fentanyl pills remains.
1 billion pills: The number of seized drugs reaches ominous record in Asia
A U.N. official calls for new policies across East Asia to halt the soaring production of methamphetamines.
Pfizer launches a recall of blood pressure drugs due to a potential carcinogen
The company warned consumers of several tainted lots of Accuretic and two other versions of the drug due to the presence of a nitrosamine above the Acceptable Daily Intake level.
Dispatches From Within: To know that other people saw me like that
WFDD's Radio 101 has chosen to use initials in the following story due to the sensitive subject matter and to protect the students' privacy.