While synthetic opiods are a relatively new class of drugs, opium has a long destructive history in trade wars and warfare, ...

WORCESTER, MA - Worcester Police executed a search warrant for a Vale Street address on Jan. 17 and arrested several ...

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 ...

(CBC) Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid ... such as through a medical-grade trans-dermal patch similar to a nicotine patch." The article, accessed by CBC News on Dec. 23, appeared to be taken down ...

Fayette County EMS has responded to more fentanyl-related overdoses in January than in the previous six months combined.

The overwhelming majority of those in New York City who obtained a naloxone kit to counteract opioid overdose had a high need ...

The Nishnawbe Aski Police Service has issued a warning to people living in Marten Falls First Nations of an increase in potent drugs circulating in the community.

Two Chinese citizens are standing trial in New York for charges related to the illicit fentanyl trade in a landmark case as officials aim to crack down on the movement of the deadly drug and its ...