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FBI Director Kash Patel is set to visit China next month as the agency cracks down on international suppliers of chemicals tied to fentanyl.
A recent dip in overdose deaths has been credited in part to wider naloxone access.
Both President-elect Donald Trump and incoming "border czar" Tom Homan cite inflated figures, with Trump often makes a misleading connection between migrants illegally crossing the border and the flow of fentanyl.
Overdose deaths have slowed 18% since a peak last year, the CDC estimates.
Drug overdose deaths from opioids such as heroin and fentanyl have fallen from a peak in 2023.
Fentanyl test strips used to be illegal in California. Now, state law requires them on community and state college campuses. We put fentanyl test strips to the test, and what we found could save someone you know.
The growing calls for naloxone in schools are a response to increasing overdose deaths in young people.
Touching fentanyl or being near it won't cause a drug overdose, experts told CBS News.
Xylazine, an animal tranquilizer also known as "tranq," was detected in more than 1 in 10 fentanyl deaths across 20 states and D.C.
Kouri Richins, who has been charged with murder in her late husband's death, was sued by his sister.
Private equity groups are cashing in on rising rates of alcohol and drug addiction in the U.S.
A judge has dismissed the murder charge against the parents of a one-year-old, who died after ingesting a massive amount of fentanyl.
A 15-year-old girl in Riverside, Calif. stopped breathing -- and that's when the school resource officer, assistant principal and other staff jumped in, authorities said.
The Food and Drug Administration warned that overdoses from xylazine mirror opioid overdoses, but may not be reversed by naloxone.
A toxicology report found a mix of alcohol, fentanyl and oxycodone in Tyler Skaggs' system after he was found dead in a suburban Dallas hotel room in 2019.
Rainbow-colored pills are "being marketed and aimed at young people," DEA Administrator Anne Milgram said.
The fentanyl crisis impacts almost all of the communities across the state of Colorado. In response, 200 public health officials have gathered for a summit.
Police in Colorado Springs released the mugshots of the parents of a toddler who died last year of exposure to fentanyl.
Troopers with the Colorado State Patrol made what they believe is the biggest fentanyl bust on a highway in the United States.
Troopers with the Colorado State Patrol made what they believe is the biggest fentanyl bust on a highway in the United States.
Police in Denver make a massive fentanyl bust while officers were trying to track down a stolen vehicle.
The district attorney's office in Boulder County formally charged a 25-year-old man of manslaughter after police say he supplied someone with fentanyl pills and that person died.
On day one of a first-of-its-kind fentanyl summit at the Denver Art Museum, law enforcement agencies and prosecutors from both Adams and Broomfield counties heard from several Colorado families who lost loved ones to the lethal drug.
Dozens of elected officials, law enforcement officers, prosecutors and victim advocates gathered in Denver on Thursday for a summit on how Colorado can better address the fentanyl crisis. The drug has killed many people and is now regularly showing up in drug tests of those who are overdosing.
A drug crisis is currently plaguing the United States, with 107,000 lives lost in 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It's hitting us hard here in Colorado, and leaders say, frankly, they're sick of it.
A school in Douglas County will be the first in Colorado to install a drone active shooter suppression system.
A survey out of Denver found that one in three adults say they've skipped meals or cut back on food because they simply can't afford enough to eat.
Officials are warning that falling water levels are expected to lead to a significant fish kill at Timnath Reservoir this season.
Water quality along the Arkansas Valley in southeastern Colorado has always been something of an issue.
Authorities in Aurora have recovered the body of a person who went missing in the water at Cherry Creek State Park on Tuesday.
A school in Douglas County will be the first in Colorado to install a drone active shooter suppression system.
A survey out of Denver found that one in three adults say they've skipped meals or cut back on food because they simply can't afford enough to eat.
Officials are warning that falling water levels are expected to lead to a significant fish kill at Timnath Reservoir this season.
Water quality along the Arkansas Valley in southeastern Colorado has always been something of an issue.
Authorities in Aurora have recovered the body of a person who went missing in the water at Cherry Creek State Park on Tuesday.
The building is still being used for childcare and summer camp.
The death happened at Cherry Creek State Park on Tuesday.
Local and federal officials are giving conflicting accounts about tuberculosis at the GEO Group's Aurora ICE Processing Center.
A school in Douglas County will be the first in Colorado to install a drone active shooter suppression system.
Deputies in Clear Creek prevented a potential disaster when they put out a fire believed to have been caused by a careless smoker. The fire quickly began to spread near I-70 before authorities managed to put it out, protecting the nearby buildings.
In a match Tuesday featuring two of soccer's biggest heavyweights, Spain put in a masterful performance, frustrating France to the tune of a 2-0 win to advance to Sunday's World Cup final.
The Front Range Passenger Rail District is rallying support from the cities where the future rail line will operate.
Jayden Adams' death was confirmed by South Africa's minister of sport, arts and culture on Saturday.
If you're around Colorado youth baseball this summer, there's a good chance that you'll see, and likely hear, Bob McCaslin calling games.
One look and listen to Dillon Stewart's swing and you can tell he can sent it.
In a match Tuesday featuring two of soccer's biggest heavyweights, Spain put in a masterful performance, frustrating France to the tune of a 2-0 win to advance to Sunday's World Cup final.
Senate Democrats blocked a must-pass annual defense policy bill from moving forward on Tuesday as they voiced opposition to the Trump administration's handling of the war with Iran.
Officials are still searching for the source of the outbreak, prompting consumers to seek advice on social media about which foods to avoid.
Kent Carpenter and his Filipina companion were at his house in the coastal town of Sibulan when masked men forced their way in.
President Trump said the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was drained for repairs, after weeks of railing against alleged vandals.
Water quality along the Arkansas Valley in southeastern Colorado has always been something of an issue.
Senate Democrats blocked a must-pass annual defense policy bill from moving forward on Tuesday as they voiced opposition to the Trump administration's handling of the war with Iran.
President Trump said the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was drained for repairs, after weeks of railing against alleged vandals.
Restoring oil tanker traffic in the vital Middle East shipping corridor to prewar levels likely will require a much bigger armada of U.S. warships if not tens of thousands of American troops on Iranian soil, experts say.
With the federal Medicaid work requirement looming in January, Democrats are considering state legislation to call out big companies that employ workers enrolled in the safety net health program.
Officials are still searching for the source of the outbreak, prompting consumers to seek advice on social media about which foods to avoid.
With the federal Medicaid work requirement looming in January, Democrats are considering state legislation to call out big companies that employ workers enrolled in the safety net health program.
A Finnish study followed patients for 10 years after they had a popular knee surgery. For many, the pain continued or even worsened.
As health officials investigate a growing multistate cyclospora outbreak, Colorado public health leaders say there is no evidence of an increased risk from produce sold in Colorado.
Researchers are getting a better idea of the ills caused by wildfire smoke as the West becomes the location of larger and more severe fires.
Officials are still searching for the source of the outbreak, prompting consumers to seek advice on social media about which foods to avoid.
With the federal Medicaid work requirement looming in January, Democrats are considering state legislation to call out big companies that employ workers enrolled in the safety net health program.
The suit poses a new challenge to the $110 billion deal that would unite two of the nation's largest media companies.
Colorado-based Arrow Electronics is one of the largest companies you've probably never heard of.
At the Black Arts Festival being held in City Park, people were doing everything they could to stay cool.
Memorials are being held in the hometowns of three wildland firefighters who died while battling a fire on the Colorado-Utah border. Meanwhile, the circumstances surrounding their deaths are still under investigation.
Concerns are emerging about a company formerly known as COE Bikes, which continues advertising free e-bikes and is now drawing scrutiny from state agencies.
The City of Denver is giving itself stronger enforcement tools to hold owners of neglected and derelict properties accountable, including significantly larger fines for those who fail to comply with city orders.
A Colorado administrative law judge has upheld the demotion of a former Colorado Department of Corrections manager who admitted participating in years of inappropriate text message exchanges with other prison leaders.
A man who stayed at a downtown Denver hotel last summer says he woke up to bats flying around his room — and that one of them bit him. He has now filed a lawsuit against the hotel.