How the fentanyl crisis started - CBS News
WEB8 hours ago · What's fueling the fentanyl crisis is "not a whodunit," but "there's so much more that needs to be done," DEA leader says. By Bill Whitaker, Aliza Chasan, Graham Messick, Scott Higham, Jack ...
U.S. "losing a generation" to deadly fentanyl, DEA head says - CBS News
WEB8 hours ago · U.S. "losing a generation" to fentanyl as agents fight Mexican cartels supplying the drug, DEA head says. September 22, 2024 / 7:00 PM EDT / CBS News. We are in the midst of the worst drug crisis ...
U.S. sees a sudden and unexpected drop in fatal overdoses - NPR
WEB4 days ago · After decades of devastating increases driven by fentanyl and other toxic street drugs, overdose deaths are dropping sharply in much of the U.S. The trend could mean roughly 20,000 fewer deaths in ...
Drug industry, social media helped fuel fentanyl crisis - CBS News
WEB8 hours ago · September 22, 2024 / 7:00 PM EDT / CBS News. The U.S. drug industry played a role in the start of America's current fentanyl crisis, according to Sherri Hobson, a former assistant U.S. attorney in ...
Influx of deadly street fentanyl reaching the U.S. continues to …
WEBMay 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.
How the fentanyl crisis' fourth wave has hit every corner of the US - BBC
WEBSep 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.
New report details the deadly rise of fentanyl in the US | CNN
WEBMay 3, 2023 · Nearly 70,000 people in the US died of drug overdoses that involved fentanyl in 2021, almost a four-fold increase over five years. By 2021, about two-thirds of all overdose deaths involved...
Fentanyl sparks drug overdose record : NPR
WEBMay 18, 2023 · Drug deaths nationwide hit a new record in 2022. 109,680 people died as the fentanyl crisis continued to deepen, according to preliminary data released by the Centers for Disease Control and...
House Passes Bill to Make Penalties Permanent for Fentanyl …
WEBMay 25, 2023 · The bill, approved by a vote of 289 to 133, would permanently list fentanyl-related drugs as Schedule I controlled substances, a designation that mandates severe prison sentences for highly...
New Fentanyl Laws Ignite Debate Over Combating Overdose …
WEBJun 21, 2023 · Fentanyl, a highly addictive synthetic opioid that is 50 times more powerful than heroin, was linked to more than two-thirds of the nearly 110,000 overdose deaths in the United States last year....