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This Florida approach to an alarming teen crisis is a paradigm shift

42 percent of high school students experienced depression, or persistent feelings of sadness, and 22 percent seriously considered suicide.

Fentanyl is even deadlier when mixed with xylazine (or 'tranq'): What you must know now

Here’s what you need to know about xylazine — also known by its street name “Tranq” — which is increasingly being mixed with fentanyl and other opioids to create a highly deadly drug.

DC-area middle schoolers prevented kidnapping attempt at bus stop, allowing classmate to 'break free'

A group of Maryland middle schoolers stopped a kidnapping suspect from abducting one of their classmates at a Gaithersburg bus stop, according to Montgomery County Police.

Portland commuters battling mass transit delays as trains, buses forced to air out fentanyl smoke

Drug counselor Kevin Dahlgren discusses the 'madness' as the fentanyl crisis causes mass public transportation delays and homeless activists employ new tactics.

DEA warns of 'deadliest drug threat' the US has ever faced

Former DEA special agent Derek Maltz sounds the alarm after fentanyl mixed with a flesh-eating animal tranquilizer is seized in 48 of 50 states.

Louisville expanding year-old 911 police diversion program

Louisville is expanding a year-old 911 police diversion program that would send emergency calls to mental health professionals. The pilot program has offered 600 people crisis support.

Amanda Bynes hospitalized: her difficult life in the spotlight

Troubled former child actor Amanda Bynes was recently placed on a psychiatric hold after being spotted in Los Angeles walking the streets naked.

States launch mobile addiction clinics to combat fentanyl epidemic

Addiction experts say fentanyl is the backbone of drug overdose deaths. Mobile clinics are going straight to the people who may not have otherwise gotten treatment for their addiction.

Iowa prison administers Narcan 5 times in 1 weekend, contraband search underway

Authorities have begun searching Iowa's Anamosa State Penitentiary for contraband after five people were administered Narcan in one weekend.

San Francisco activist warns city has become 'epicenter' of 'cartel-fueled' drug crisis as overdoses soar

Addict-turned-activist Tom Wolf sounds the alarm on cartel operations after the city saw 131 accidental drug overdoses deaths between January and February.