Judge rules CVS, Walgreens and Walmart owe 2 Ohio counties $650M in opioids suit
The Ohio counties convinced the jury that the three pharmacies played an outsized role in creating a public nuisance in the way they dispensed pain medication.
Fentanyl risk from $1 bill? Drug safety expert dispels myths about second-hand exposure
In a viral Facebook post, a Kentucky woman says she had to be hospitalized after picking up a dollar bill from the ground that she thinks was laced with the drug fentanyl.
3 Houston-area men sentenced for selling drugs through fake prescriptions
3 Houston-area men, as well as four unnamed co-conspirators, reportedly worked together to distribute more than 1.5 million dosage units of controlled substances in a span of 18 months.
Lauren Boebert introduces bill to classify fentanyl as weapon of mass destruction
GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert, a freshman representing Colorado’s 3rd district, is pushing to classify the synthetic opioid fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction.
CBP: Woman tried to cross border with condom filled with fentanyl pills in her vaginal cavity
A woman was arrested after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found 0.006 pounds of fentanyl that was wrapped inside a condom the woman placed inside her vaginal cavity.
Investigation underway into suspected drug-related deaths of 2 Woodlands High School students
Authorities say two Woodlands high school seniors may have died after an overdose of drugs.
Florida sheriff arrests own daughter for meth trafficking: 'No one is immune or exempt'
A Florida sheriff arrested his own daughter, charging her with meth trafficking. "Methamphetamine does not discriminate & neither do we. It does not matter who you are – no one is immune or exempt."
Deadly Houston-area drug ring taken down; linked to fentanyl overdose deaths
A Houston-area drug-trafficking ring, which has been linked to several fentanyl overdose deaths, has been broken up by a team of law enforcement agencies.
Mac Miller death: Man who dealt rapper fentanyl sentenced to more than 10 years in prison
Ryan Reaves was sentenced to nearly 11 years in prison for supplying rapper Mac Miller the fentanyl-laced pills that led to his 2018 overdose death.
Phoenix toddler given 3 Narcan doses after ingesting fentanyl; parents arrested
A toddler was given three doses of Narcan after he reportedly ingested fentanyl, and his parents are now under arrest.
DEA warns of 'nationwide spike' of fentanyl-related mass overdoses across US
Fentanyl “mass-overdose events” have been reported in at least seven U.S. cities in recent months. “Fentanyl is killing Americans at an unprecedented rate,” the DEA warned.
Emoji drug code decoded: Parents, do you know what that text really means?
They look innocent, but the combination of cookie, snowman, box, and parachute emojis can be code for "a large batch of cocaine has arrived." A school bus is code for Xanax. The DEA has released an "emoji drug decoder" in an effort to educate parents about the new ways drugs are being bought and sold.
'Always be cautious': Fentanyl, cocaine pills disguised as Tylenol seized by Ohio police
Police in Lorain, Ohio, shared a photo of a seized fentanyl pill pressed with what appears to look like the word “Tylenol.”
K9 sniffs out pounds of heroin during traffic stop in Montgomery County
K9 Kodiak sniffed out 5 pounds of heroin during a routine traffic stop in Montgomery County.
CDC proposes change to opioid prescription guidelines
The nation’s top public health agency is proposing changing — and in some instances, softening — guidelines for doctors prescribing opioid painkillers.
Teen charged with murder after 12-year-old San Jose girl dies of fentanyl overdose
The 16-year-old sold the drugs to the girl in 2020. Dalilah Julianna Mederos Guerrero died shortly after consuming three-quarters of a single pill, prosecutors said. The girl became the youngest person to fatally overdose in the county that year, according to the DA.
Texas seized enough fentanyl to kill 200 million people this year alone, officials say
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) says that in this year alone they have seized enough fentanyl crossing the border to kill 200 million people.
US overdose deaths topped 100,000 in a year for 1st time, CDC says
An estimated 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in one year, topping deaths from car crashes, guns and even flu and pneumonia, CDC data shows.
Ex-Purdue Pharma president denies responsibility for opioid crisis
Former Purdue Pharma president and chair Richard Sackler says he, his family and the company do not have any responsibility for the opioid crisis in the United States.
4 companies on verge of settling $26B deal in lawsuits over toll of opioid prescriptions
The three biggest U.S. drug distribution companies and the drugmaker Johnson & Johnson are on the verge of a $26 billion deal to settle lawsuits brought by state and local governments across the country over the toll of prescription opioids.