fentanyl

'I ain't found it yet.' No line this mother won't cross to save her addicted daughter

5:52pm December 12, 2023

by Martha Bebinger

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.

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Louise Vincent has used street drugs since she was 13. She has emerged as a leading voice trying to humanize and help people who use drugs as they face the most devastating overdose crisis in U.S. history.

One woman's controversial fight to make America accept drug users for who they are

7:53am November 19, 2023

by Brian Mann

Louise Vincent has used drugs since she was 13. Research shows millions of Americans like her aren't ready or able to stop. Vincent believes it's time people accept that.

The FBI and postal inspectors are investigating letters — some containing fentanyl — sent to election offices in at least five states.

Politics & Government

Envelopes with fentanyl or other substances were sent to several elections offices

9:11pm November 09, 2023

by The Associated Press

The letters were sent to elections offices in the presidential battlegrounds of Georgia and Nevada, as well as California, Oregon and Washington, with some being intercepted before they arrived.

Arts

'Euphoria' star Angus Cloud accidentally overdosed on meth, cocaine and fentanyl

7:03am September 22, 2023

by The Associated Press

Cloud, 25, who starred as a drug dealer on the HBO series, died of "acute intoxication," a California coroner's office said. His family has said he'd been struggling with the death of his father.

An image from a Drug Enforcement Administration affidavit shows a block of fentanyl and a "kilo press" that authorities say they found at a day care where four young children were apparently poisoned — one fatally.

National

U.S. charges pair after deadly fentanyl is found on top of playmats at NYC day care

4:34pm September 19, 2023

by Bill Chappell

The operator of a Bronx day care and a relative are facing drug charges after a 1-year-old boy died and three other children became dangerously ill.

This frame grab from video, provided by the Mexican government, shows Ovidio Guzman Lopez being detained in Culiacan, Mexico, on Oct. 17, 2019.

Mexico extradites son of former Sinaloa cartel leader 'El Chapo' to the U.S.

9:32am September 16, 2023

by The Associated Press

Ovidio Guzmán López, a son of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán, faces drug trafficking, money laundering and other charges in the United States. Mexican security forces captured Guzmán López in January.

The number of overdoses that involve both fentanyl and stimulants like cocaine and meth is growing fast. One way people who use drugs can protect themselves is by using test strips to check for the presence of fentanyl in other drugs.

Fentanyl mixed with cocaine or meth is driving the '4th wave' of the overdose crisis

12:01am September 14, 2023

by Scott Maucione

A new study finds a 50-fold growth in deaths from combined use of stimulants and opioids. The toxic and contaminated drug supply is to blame.

This photo provided by the U.S. Attorneys Office for Utah and introduced as evidence in a 2019 trial shows fentanyl-laced fake oxycodone pills collected during an investigation.

The share of U.S. drug overdose deaths caused by fake prescription pills is growing

5:15pm September 06, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

The share of overdose deaths involving counterfeit pills doubled between 2019 and 2021, according to the CDC. Victims were often younger, Hispanic and had misused prescription drugs in the past.

LaShonda Jefferson (left), a community health educator, talks with a woman who drops off used needles into a bin on the van.

Health & Safety

Caring for people with fentanyl addiction often means treating terrible wounds

9:50am August 13, 2023

by Scott Maucione

The fentanyl-additive Xylazine causes open wounds, making the illegal drug supply even more dangerous and treatment more complicated

Cars line up outside the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico.

Who is sneaking fentanyl across the southern border? Hint: it's not the migrants

11:02am August 09, 2023

by Joel Rose

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.

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