Fentanyl

San Jose police union executive director charged with attempting to smuggle fentanyl into US

Conrad Hoyt · March 30, 2023 7:42 am

On Friday, the Florida Senate voted 31-7 to pass a measure that would impose tougher penalties for synthetic drug offenders.

Courage, Strength & Optimism

Save lives by cutting off fentanyl at its source

Washington Examiner · March 29, 2023 1:35 am

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the House Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 28, 2022, in Washington.

Mayorkas refuses to apologize to parents of children killed by fentanyl in testy hearing

Anna Giaritelli · March 28, 2023 5:45 pm

This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Los Angeles Field Division, shows some of the seized approximately 1 million fake pills containing fentanyl that were seized when agents served a search warrant, July 5, 2022, at a home in Inglewood, California.

‘Fentanyl is killing our kids:’ Dallas-area drug prosecutions surge

Washington Examiner · March 28, 2023 12:25 pm

An example of the amount of fentanyl that can be deadly.

Bipartisan congressional caucus forms to address fentanyl crisis

Washington Examiner · March 27, 2023 12:10 pm

Magazine - Features

Dan Crenshaw’s war on the cartels

Nicole Russell · March 24, 2023 3:58 am

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Attorneys Office for Utah and introduced as evidence at a trial shows fentanyl-laced fake oxycodone pills collected during an investigation.

DEA issues public alert on fentanyl mixed with Xylazine

Washington Examiner · March 23, 2023 12:00 pm

Operation Blue Lotus at Mexico border leads DHS to mass fentanyl seizures

Anna Giaritelli · March 22, 2023 4:29 pm

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Attorneys Office for Utah and introduced as evidence at a trial shows fentanyl-laced fake oxycodone pills collected during an investigation.

DEA issues public warning for dangerous widespread fentanyl mix

Misty Severi · March 20, 2023 11:31 pm

FILE- In this June 1, 2018 file photo, small vials of fentanyl are shown in the inpatient pharmacy at the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City. Nebraska state officials are preparing for their first execution in two decades on Aug. 14 at the Nebraska State Penitentiary in Lincoln, Neb., and their first-ever lethal injection with an untried combination of drugs. The new execution protocol calls for an initial IV dose of diazepam, commonly known as Valium, to render the inmate unconscious; the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl; cisatracurium besylate to induce paralysis and stop the inmate from breathing; and potassium chloride to stop the heart.

Beltway Confidential

Curbing fentanyl is a national matter of life or death

Dave Marlon · March 16, 2023 6:00 am

This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Los Angeles Field Division, shows some of the seized approximately 1 million fake pills containing fentanyl that were seized when agents served a search warrant, July 5, 2022, at a home in Inglewood, California.

Arizona troopers stop, arrest Colorado man with 24 pounds of fentanyl pills

Washington Examiner · March 15, 2023 12:24 pm

The image shows fentanyl pills in multiple colors, which the DEA says is an intentional move by the drug cartels to make them "look like candy."

Healthcare industry ‘restrained’ from properly treating fentanyl addiction: Experts

Anna Giaritelli · March 14, 2023 4:30 am