Funding cuts for fentanyl test strips raise concerns: "It doesn't make sense"
Test strips cost about $1 each and can be used to check drugs for dangerous contaminants, including fentanyl and xylazine.
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Test strips cost about $1 each and can be used to check drugs for dangerous contaminants, including fentanyl and xylazine.
Miami Fire said crews were called to the corner of 9th Street and South Miami Avenue in Brickell after getting reports of a possible overdose of a 20-year-old man.
A Sacramento man charged in connection with a teenager's fentanyl overdose death at an Elk Grove park in 2021 is now accused of being responsible for a similar death in Folsom, police said on Tuesday.
Members of the Biden White House celebrated the report but said there's still more work to be done to further reduce overdose deaths.
Family and friends of One Direction star Liam Payne, who died after falling from a Buenos Aires hotel room, have gathered for his funeral in England.
Drug overdose deaths from opioids such as heroin and fentanyl have fallen from a peak in 2023.
Over the last two decades, the number of U.S. overdose deaths has risen almost every year and continued to break annual records.
Four people have died after suspected overdoses at a South Lake Tahoe home on Monday.
Health officials in Stanislaus County have detected the first overdose deaths blamed on a potent mixture of the animal tranquilizer known as xylazine and street fentanyl.
A California state judge has ruled that Snap must face a lawsuit from families whose children allegedly used the Snapchat app to purchase fentanyl on the platform.
The growing calls for naloxone in schools are a response to increasing overdose deaths in young people.
A fentanyl dealer who was convicted of murder and has now been sentenced.
The drug epidemic has become deadlier than ever in the United States in recent years, and a new poll from KFF captures the significant toll that substance use has had on families nationwide.
Leandro De Niro Rodriguez died after ingesting an oxycodone pill laced with fentanyl, officials said.
The drug has been found in an increasing number of overdoses and overdose deaths. Federal officials named it a "growing threat" in April.
Xylazine, an animal tranquilizer also known as "tranq," was detected in more than 1 in 10 fentanyl deaths across 20 states and D.C.
Authorities said they responded to "a medical emergency" involving multiple inmates at a jail north of Seattle on Wednesday night.
In September of 2021, "The Wire" star was found dead at the age of 54 in his home in Brooklyn, New York.
An influx of the synthetic opioid in the last two years has vexed law enforcement, overwhelmed health systems and affected struggling Native communities.
GOP lawmakers have incorrectly blamed the spike in fentanyl overdoses on migrants, whom they blame for bringing the drugs across the border.
During the coronavirus pandemic, federal agencies changed rules to allow qualified clinicians to remotely prescribe buprenorphine, even to new patients.
The teacher faces various charges for alleged possession as well as endangering the welfare of children.
Life expectancy in the United States dropped for the second consecutive year in 2021, falling to the lowest it has been since 1996.
A California man was arrested on suspicion of child endangerment after his 2-year-old daughter overdosed on fentanyl, police said.
Boiling certain medications can be harmful to breathe, let alone eat, the agency warned.
