Fentanyl pipeline into the U.S. may be drying up : NPR
Oct 1, 2024 · A growing number of experts believe the flow of deadly street fentanyl from Mexico into the U.S. has been disrupted, contributing to a drop in fatal overdoses.
How the fentanyl crisis' fourth wave has hit every corner of the US - BBC
Sep 17, 2023 · More Americans than ever are dying from fentanyl overdoses as the fourth wave of the opioid epidemic crashes through every community, in every corner of the country. It was six years ago that Kim...
U.S. "losing a generation" to deadly fentanyl, DEA head says - CBS News
Sep 22, 2024 · Fentanyl, which is often hidden in counterfeit pills, is fueling the worst drug crisis in U.S. history. Last year the synthetic opioid killed more than 70,000 Americans.
Influx of deadly street fentanyl reaching the U.S. continues to ... - NPR
May 13, 2024 · Two new reports show the fentanyl crisis isn't easing, as drug cartels continue to flood U.S. communities with the deadly illicit opioid often disguised as fake prescription pills.
U.S. fentanyl deaths are down. But not on this New Mexico …
1 day ago · ALAMO, N.M., Jan 25 (Reuters) - - Twenty-eight-year old Ambrose Begay died after a fentanyl overdose under a tree 125 yards from his home on the Alamo Navajo reservation in southern New Mexico two ...
Fentanyl deaths in the U.S. continue to drop, CDC says : NPR
Oct 17, 2024 · Fatal overdoses are down 12.7%, according to data released this week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It marks another significant improvement from last month, when...
Fentanyl plus stimulants drives ‘fourth wave’ of ... - NBC News
Sep 14, 2023 · Overdoses from people taking both fentanyl and a stimulant, mainly cocaine or meth, have skyrocketed, ushering in what researchers are calling a fourth wave of the overdose epidemic.
Trump delivers fresh tariff threats against China over fentanyl …
1 day ago · The US has primarily blamed two countries for the trafficking of fentanyl — Mexico and China. A 2020 DEA intelligence report (‘Fentanyl Flow to the United States’), stated that fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances were trafficked from China through international mail and express consignment operations.
Fentanyl - BBC News
Feb 19, 2024 · Thousands of Chinese companies are making synthetic opioids and shipping them around the world. Bryan Emery was a fentanyl user living on the streets of San Francisco, a …
Fentanyl - a killer drug’s trail of destruction - BBC News
Apr 1, 2023 · Fentanyl is a deadly, synthetic opioid, 50 times more powerful than heroin. Americans are dying from it at such an alarming rate, that the US has approved the sale of naloxone - an...