As a rule, it’s unsettling when Republican White Houses claim to have secret evidence of foreign chemical labs.
In some parts of the U.S. drug deaths have plunged to levels not seen since the fentanyl crisis exploded. Addiction experts say communities still face big challenges.
Trump has cast Canada as a major importer of the synthetic opioid to the US. But the seizures at the northern border represent a tiny portion of the trafficking trade.
Fentanyl has infiltrated nearly every illicit drug, turning what some teens believe is casual experimentation into a deadly gamble. As small-time dealers exploit social media to distribute fentanyl-laced substances,
Bastrop County deputies seized over $75,000 worth of fentanyl, arresting two individuals during a traffic stop on SH-71. The narcotics were found with K9 assistance.
The majority of fentanyl exposure cases among teens was characterized as intentional misuse or abuse, according to the study published in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse.
Police said William Pjura, 29, and George Rich, 60, were arrested on drug charges after raids of homes in Shelton and Ansonia.
In a rare bipartisan move, two senators have introduced legislation in the latest attempt to fight the flow of fentanyl and its precursors into the U.S. from China, Mexico and through other borders.
Fentanyl is one of the deadliest drugs on the market, particularly for children, who may accidentally ingest it.
Police say they pulled the driver over after watching him cross and drive on the double yellow line, and that he told them he had been looking at his phone.
Last April, a Detroit gas station owner was charged after Livonia police recovered 40 kilograms of fentanyl during a raid at his home, an alleged Detroit stash house on Littlefield Street, as well as his gas station and car wash on Livernois Avenue. Officials said they amount of the drugs they found was the largest fentanyl stash in the state.