Teachers learn to administer Narcan amid opioid crisis

Fatal overdoses in teens ages 14 to 18 jumped 123% from 2019 to 2021, according to data from the CDC.

• Mar 2, 2023

How Alaska became one of fentanyl's deadliest frontiers

An influx of the synthetic opioid in the last two years has vexed law enforcement, overwhelmed health systems and affected struggling Native communities.

• Mar 1, 2023

DHS concerns on energy grid attacks, fentanyl

The Department of Homeland Security is facing several challenges including energy grid attacks and fentanyl coming across the border. CBS News homeland security and justice reporter Nicole Sganga joins Errol Barnett and Elaine Quijano to discuss her interview with DHS intel chief Kenneth Wainstein.

• Feb 17, 2023
• 5:23

Nearly 630,000 fentanyl pills seized in Mexico's largest synthetic drug lab bust

The army said the outdoor lab was discovered in the capital of Sinaloa, which is home to the drug cartel of the same name.

• Feb 16, 2023

Ernst on the spy balloon, China's role in fentanyl crisis

Republican Sen. Joni Ernst accused China of "intentionally poisoning" Americans by not stopping the supply chain networks that produce fentanyl. "The Chinese are selling these precursor chemicals into Mexico. Then the Mexican cartels are working on making the fentanyl and distributing up into the United States," the Iowa senator told CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge.

• Feb 10, 2023
• 5:33

Ernst says China is "intentionally poisoning" Americans amid fentanyl crisis

The senator said she believes the flow of precursor chemicals into Mexico is happening with the tacit approval of the Chinese.

• Feb 10, 2023

Fentanyl seizures rise at U.S.-Mexico border — here's why

GOP lawmakers have incorrectly blamed the spike in fentanyl overdoses on migrants, whom they blame for bringing the drugs across the border.

• Feb 3, 2023

Some addiction treatment centers turn big profits by scaling back care

Private equity groups are cashing in on rising rates of alcohol and drug addiction in the U.S.

• Jan 30, 2023

Both parties fail to curb fentanyl use

Fentanyl use is at crisis levels and the opioid was responsible for an estimated two-thirds of overdose deaths in 2021. Nick Miroff, an immigration reporter for the Washington Post, joins "Red and Blue" to discuss his work on why both Democratic and Republican administrations failed to curb the fentanyl epidemic and why the government struggles to address the drug's awful impact.

• Dec 12, 2022
• 6:58

Arizona drug raid finds chemicals to make fentanyl

Law enforcement in Arizona raided a home and found precursor chemicals used to make fentanyl. The fear is drug traffickers may now manufacture fentanyl within the United States, as opposed to importing the synthetic opioid. CBS News justice correspondent Jeff Pegues reports.

• Jan 20, 2023
• 3:06

U.S. authorities cracking down on fentanyl

The government is trying to crack down on the illegal trade of fentanyl, a drug that is known for being highly dangerous and deadly. CBS News chief national affairs and Justice correspondent Jeff Pegues reports on federal agents raiding a suspected fentanyl lab in Tucson, Arizona, and CBS News Homeland Security and Justice reporter Nicole Sganga joined Vladimir Duthiers and Anne-Marie Green to discuss the severity of the crisis.

• Jan 20, 2023
• 5:08

Raid uncovers possible fentanyl chemicals

As the federal government cracks down on a deadly scourge of fentanyl entering the U.S., Jeff Pegues rode along with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on a raid in Tucson, Arizona to see just why the drug's distribution is so difficult to stop.

• Jan 19, 2023
• 2:23

Inside a DHS raid that uncovered possible fentanyl chemicals

Agents confiscated more than 100 pounds of precursor chemicals, with some coming from China, during an early morning raid in Tucson, Arizona.

• Jan 19, 2023

Dr. Rahul Gupta on the fentanyl crisis

Born in India, Dr. Rahul Gupta has treated addiction patients, run West Virginia's Bureau for Public Health, and worked for the March of Dimes. He became director of the Office of National Drug Policy Control, the first physician to serve in this role. He talks with "CBS Saturday Morning" co-host Jeff-Glor about addressing the nation's drug scourge, especially when it comes to fentanyl.

• Jan 14, 2023
• 5:53

More than 100 people charged with gun, drug crimes in 3 states

Authorities in Georgia, West Virginia and New York said the charges included crimes such as fentanyl trafficking, gun trafficking and more.

• Jan 11, 2023

Colorado man with nearly 6,000 fentanyl pills sentenced to 40 years

The 27-year-old sold some of the fentanyl to undercover officers last year.

• Jan 2, 2023

DEA seized massive amount of fentanyl in 2022

The Drug Enforcement Administration said it seized in 2022 more than 379 million doses of fentanyl, which officials said is enough to kill every American. The agency reported this week that it confiscated over 50 million fake prescription pills laced with fentanyl and more than 10,000 pounds of fentanyl powder this year. Regina LaBelle, director of the Addiction and Public Policy Initiative at the O'Neill Institute at Georgetown University, joined CBS News to discuss.

• Dec 22, 2022
• 7:10

TikTok star Cooper Noriega died from multiple substances, coroner says

The 19-year-old was found dead in a Burbank, California, parking lot over the summer.

• Dec 21, 2022

Teen deaths from fentanyl triple

The DEA is targeting the distribution of drugs on social media as teen deaths from fentanyl triple between 2019 and 2021. "CBS Evening News" anchor and managing editor Norah O'Donnell reports.

• Dec 15, 2022
• 4:15

Confronting America's fentanyl crisis

Fatal overdoses linked to the synthetic opioid fentanyl have been steadily climbing in the United States. "CBS Evening News" managing editor and anchor Norah O'Donnell reports on how teens are buying the drug on social media. Then Desilynn Smith, the clinical supervisor with Gateway to Change rehabilitation center, joins CBS News' Vladimir Duthiers to discuss the loss of her husband to a fentanyl overdose and her work to prevent drug-related deaths in her community.

• Dec 15, 2022
• 9:59

DOJ official calls on social media companies to do more as teens die from fentanyl

Deaths from fentanyl among teens have more than tripled since 2019.

• Dec 14, 2022

Concealed bundles, sophisticated tunnels: How fentanyl crosses the border

There are new battles at the U.S.-Mexico border over the most dangerous narcotic law enforcement has ever seen.

• Dec 3, 2022

Fentanyl flow into the United States

The fentanyl problem in the United States has gone from bad to worse as smugglers are using the southern border to get the drugs across. Jeff Glor reports.

• Dec 3, 2022
• 6:07

10 Los Angeles middle schoolers treated for suspected overdoses

The Los Angeles Fire Department said that fentanyl was not involved in the incident.

• Dec 1, 2022

Top government researcher calls for easier access to methadone

Nina Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, was clear about her desire for methadone to be available by prescription.

• Nov 17, 2022

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