fentanyl

Trump's promise to fix the fentanyl crisis appealed to voters and alarmed experts

4:02am November 18, 2024

by Brian Mann

President-elect Donald Trump has promised a crackdown on fentanyl dealers that could include military strikes against cartels in Mexico. Many experts worry his plan will do harm than good.

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Instead of sodas, these vending machines offer needles and Narcan to fight overdoses

8:00am November 14, 2024

Groups trying to reduce overdose deaths and the spread of infectious diseases are using vending machines to get clean needles, pipes, wound care kits, Narcan and other safety supplies to drug users.

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Fentanyl deaths in the U.S. have dropped faster than expected, CDC says

4:46pm October 17, 2024

If the downward trend holds, this year is expected to be the first since 2020 to see overdose deaths fall below the 100,000 mark. However, Black and Native American communities remain vulnerable.

The pipeline of deadly fentanyl into the U.S. may be drying up, experts say

5:00am October 01, 2024

Street fentanyl has long been viewed as unstoppable. Now many experts say the supply of the deadly synthetic opioid is suddenly drying up in many parts of the U.S. and fatal overdoses are dropping.

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Syringes of fentanyl are shown in an inpatient pharmacy.

North Carolina attorney general seeks funds to create fetanyl, cold case units

10:35am May 24, 2024

by Associated Press

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein has laid out priorities that he wants the General Assembly to address this year. The Democratic nominee for governor held a news conference Wednesday with several police chiefs and sheriffs.

Fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone pills are flooding U.S. streets, but other street drugs, including methamphetamine and cocaine, are killing more and more people.

U.S. drug deaths declined slightly in 2023 but remained at crisis levels

1:27pm May 15, 2024

by Brian Mann

Powerful synthetic opioids and drugs like meth and cocaine still flood U.S. communities, fueling historically high overdose deaths.

President Biden greets China's President President Xi Jinping Nov. 15, 2023, in California. China has agreed to curtail shipments of the chemicals used to make fentanyl, the drug at the heart of the U.S. overdose epidemic.

Report: China continues to subsidize deadly fentanyl exports

9:04am April 16, 2024

Fentanyl made from Chinese chemicals is killing tens of thousands of Americans. A House committee report found new evidence the Chinese government supports tax breaks to subsidize the drug trade.

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U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken speaks Friday at the 67th Session of the U.N. Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, Austria.

World News

Blinken warns deadly fentanyl crisis will spread globally

1:15pm March 15, 2024

by Brian Mann

Secretary of State Anthony Blinken says the U.S. is "a canary in the coal mine" as deadly synthetic street drugs spread.

Tulalip Tribes Police arrest a suspect from another Indian tribe on drug charges. One charge — possession of drug paraphernalia — wouldn't apply to non-Native suspects in Washington state

National

Indian courts can't prosecute non-Indian drug suspects. Tribes say it's a problem

5:09am February 20, 2024

by Martin Kaste

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.

Matt Capelouto, whose daughter died from a fentanyl overdose, speaks at a news conference outside the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, April 18, 2023. Capelouto is among dozens of protesters who called on the Assembly to hear fentanyl-related bills as tension mounts over how to address the fentanyl crisis. (AP Photo/Tran Nguyen)

In 2023 fentanyl overdoses ravaged the U.S. and fueled a new culture war fight

2:26pm December 28, 2023

Fentanyl fueled unprecedented carnage with 112,000 fatal overdoses. The nation is increasingly divided over how to respond.

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