Fentanyl was killing their friends – and no one was talking about it. So these teens stepped up
‘They died because they tried it once’: a US high school was ravaged by fentanyl - and came back from the brink
July 2024
Donald Trump accused of falsely vilifying migrants for surge in US fentanyl deaths
Former head of US border security says claim ‘terribly misleading’ and statistics show nine of 10 convicted traffickers are US citizens
‘Nada cambia’: Mexican drugs lord ‘El Mayo’ has been captured, but does targeting kingpins work?
Ismael Zambada García, architect of the powerful Sinaloa narco-syndicate was arrested last week. A writer who has closely followed Mexico’s crime organisations traces his deadly career
Is a new opioid crisis about to devastate the UK? – video
When the Afghan Taliban ceased production of heroin, global supplies were depleted, with new, powerful synthetic opioids like fentanyl and nitazenes flooding in to fill the vacuum.
May 2024
More than 100,000 people in the US died of drug overdoses in 2023
Sobering figure obscures the fact that the number of overdose deaths in the US declined for the first time since 2018
April 2024
Baby dies and two others hospitalized in fentanyl overdoses in Washington state
Police sound alarm after 13-month-old dies in Everett near Seattle and two other babies taken to hospital in past week
March 2024
California wants to force people into mental health care. Advocates say it will backfire
Proposed reform of state’s system would fund locked institutions, and probably take funds from preventive care
February 2024
Revealed: 300% surge in deaths of unhoused people in LA amid fentanyl and housing crises
‘We hold you sacred’: how a mobile drug unit is fighting the opioid crisis in the Cherokee Nation
January 2024
Chinese and US officials meet in effort to stop flow of deadly fentanyl
Country star Jelly Roll makes emotional plea to Congress for anti-fentanyl law
December 2023
San Francisco faces deadliest year for drug overdoses due to rise of fentanyl
Experts warn new and troubling trend is emerging: more victims are found to have consumed both fentanyl and methamphetamine
November 2023
Voting centers stock naloxone amid recent fentanyl-laced letter attacks
Election workers continue to quit as letters sent this month to voting centers or government buildings in six states
Biden and Xi to announce deal cracking down on fentanyl export
Under deal, China will go after chemical companies to halt flow of fentanyl while US will lift restrictions on forensic police institute
Letters containing fentanyl sent to several US states’ election offices
Offices in Georgia, Nevada, California, Oregon and Washington were all sent letters containing suspicious substances
October 2023
Ex-NYPD officer allegedly made deals for fentanyl and heroin while on duty
Former officer and man she shared apartment with arrested on charges of conspiracy and narcotics distribution in the Bronx
Mother and daughter arrested after infant deaths in California daycare pool
Nina Fathizadeh, 41, and Shahin Gheblehshenas, 64, face charges after deaths of two infants who fell into pool in San Jose
US announces sanctions against 14 foreign companies for importing fentanyl
Officials said indictments against Chinese and Canadian firms target a ‘major China-based syndicate’ trafficking the opiate
September 2023
Third person charged for infant’s death from fentanyl in New York City daycare
Prosecutors say Renny Antonio Parra Paredes, 38, played a key role in selling the drugs that were stored at the childcare facility