Phoenix PD's Controlled Substances Unit handles an average of 30 to 60 cases daily. They report a rise in one of the most lethal substances available on the street: carfentanil.

Harris was sentenced to eight years in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for one count of ...

Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, showed up at the courthouse where Sean Combs’ federal trial is taking place. Eva Pilgrim and the ABC News team break down the latest updates from Friday, June 13. A ...

Incarcerating people who use drugs is associated with increased overdose deaths after release and high rate of recidivism.

Deaths from synthetic opioids — chiefly fentanyl, which has fueled the overdose crisis during the past decade — played a role in the majority of drug deaths but tumbled by nearly 28,000 ...

Drug experts say U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s statement ignores critical facts about fentanyl and drug seizures. Not everyone is at risk of dying from a fentanyl overdose, experts say.

Fentanyl is powerful synthetic opioid that can be up to 100 times more potent than morphine. It can be prescribed in formal medical settings to relieve severe pain and treat breakthrough pain when ...

Susan Ousterman lost her son, Tyler, in October 2020 from an overdose of fentanyl, heroin and xylazine after years of desperately trying to get him help. She's not alone. Yearly, over 100,000 ...

The teenager’s speech is slow and slurred, interrupted by an involuntary gag reflex as his tongue slides down his throat—a symptom of a brain injury caused by fentanyl poisoning. It’s a ...

Fentanyl overdoses have become a leading cause of death for minors in the last five years or so, even as overall drug use has dropped slightly. In a 2022 analysis of fentanyl-laced prescription ...

But after her son died from fentanyl poisoning last year, she grew frustrated by what she viewed as Biden’s hands-off approach to the opioid crisis. Now she says she won’t vote for a Democrat ...

Fentanyl is a synthetic drug. That means it’s not created from plants like marijuana or cocaine, but rather entirely from chemicals. Fentanyl can be easy to make using compounds known as ...