Officials stock up on overdose antidote naloxone after fentanyl-laced letters disrupt vote counting
Election officials around the country are stocking up on the overdose reversal medication naloxone after a series of suspicious mailings โ some containing traces of fentanyl โ were sent to vote centers or government buildings in six states.
US announces sweeping action against Chinese fentanyl supply chain producers
The Biden administration is taking aim at the fentanyl trafficking threat, announcing a series of indictments and sanctions against Chinese companies and executives blamed for importing the chemicals used to make the deadly drug.
Mexico shutters 23 pharmacies at Caribbean coast resorts after US warned of dangerous pill sales
Mexico has closed 23 pharmacies at Caribbean coast resorts, six months after a research report warned that drug stores in Mexico were offering foreigners pills they passed off as Oxycodone, Percocet, and Adderall.
'Keep them alive': More states legalize fentanyl test strips to combat surging opioid deaths
A growing number of states are decriminalizing fentanyl testing strips, seeking to protect people who use drugs from unwitting exposure to the highly potent synthetic opioid ravaging the U.S. with overdose deaths.
El Chapo's son, Sinaloa members face sanctions over fentanyl
The United States has sanctioned a son of Mexican drug lord Joaquin โEl Chapoโ Guzman, three members of the Sinaloa cartel and two Mexican-based firms, alleging they trafficked fentanyl and other drugs into the U.S. Tuesday's sanctions came the day Mexican President Andrรฉs Manuel Lรณpez Obrador was talking with President Joe Biden about immigration and the fentanyl crisis.
More sanctions for deadly fentanyl if bill becomes law
Over the course of a year, the U.S. Treasury Department has used the hammer of its sanctions powers to impose wide-ranging financial restrictions on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine, turning Russia into the most sanctioned country in the world.
Brevard man accused of selling fentanyl that led to lethal overdose, sheriff says
A Brevard County man arrested this week, accused of first-degree murder in the January 2021 overdose death of a victim who investigators said he sold fentanyl to, is being held without bond this time around, according to Sheriff Wayne Ivey.
Man sentenced to 30 years in prison after being convicted of manslaughter for deadly fentanyl overdose in Flagler County
Jevante Hamilton, who was convicted of manslaughter for the fentanyl overdose death of another man, was sentenced to 30 years in prison, according to the Flagler County Sheriffโs Office.
Fugitive arrested in Flagler County after found asleep in truck with 338 grams of fentanyl, deputies say
A fugitive from Georgia was arrested in Palm Coast after he was found asleep in a truck with enough fentanyl that could โpotentially kill the entire populations of Flagler and Putnam counties,โ according to the Flagler County Sheriffโs Office.
โPeople are dying:โ Volusia sheriff explains uptick in drug-related deaths
Recent reports out of Volusia County show an uptick in drug-related deaths countywide โ a trend that Sheriff Mike Chitwood said could be traced back to a โporousโ border, drug-smuggling cartels and an abundance of fentanyl.
Detectives find drugs, gun, cash inside Clermont familyโs home
CLERMONT, Fla. โ Two people are behind bars after authorities in Lake County found drugs and firearms during a drug bust at a Clermont home. Law enforcement from the Clermont, Eustis, and Leesburg Police Departments worked to serve a search warrant Friday on a suspected drug house. โThe investigation began as the result of numerous citizen complaints that drugs were being dealt at the home,โ deputies said. โDetectives seized a 2015 custom Dodge Charger, a 2003 Ford van, a 2015 Dodge Durango, and a 2014 custom Ford F-350, as well as the large amount of cash that was located,โ detectives said. The Department of Children and Families was brought in to take care of the children living in the home with dangerous drugs including Fentanyl.