May 2, 2022 Families who have lost kids to fentanyl share mixed feelings about today's test strips Illegally made fentanyl is the key driver of the recent increase in overdose deaths among America's youth — which is why some are pushing fentanyl test strips to detect the drug; yet concerns exist about the increasingly available test strips. Fox News Digital spoke to Ed Ternan, father of Charlie Ternan, who died in 2020 from a single fentanyl-laced pill.
April 28, 2022 Drug overdose deaths among adolescents on the rise The number of teens and adolescents dying from drug overdoses has increased dramatically over the past two years.
April 28, 2022 Deadly drug overdoses increase in adolescents The number of teens and adolescents dying from drug overdoses has increased drastically over the past two years.
April 19, 2022 Drug dealer who sold rapper Mac Miller fentanyl-laced pills sentenced to more than a decade in prison One of the three men convicted of selling fentanyl-laced drugs to rapper Mac Miller, who died of an overdose in 2018, was sentenced to 10 years and 11 months in prison this week.
April 18, 2022 Ohio jury deadlocked in trial of doctor accused of killing patients by overprescribing fentanyl The jury in the trial of an Ohio doctor accused of killing more than a dozen patients by overprescribing fentanyl was at an impasse on Monday morning.
March 11, 2022 GOP lawmakers demand ‘decisive action’ from Biden amid increase in fentanyl at the border 18 Republican lawmakers are urging President Biden to take “decisive action” on the fentanyl crisis -- expressing “deep concern” over what they say is inaction by the administration.
February 22, 2022 Fentanyl test strips can detect deadly opioid hidden in recreational drugs Health professionals hope Fentanyl detecting test strips will help reduce the number of deaths related to the dangerous drug.
February 21, 2022 Colorado police recover fentanyl from home where five people fatally overdosed on Sunday afternoon Detectives with the Commerce City Police Department recovered narcotics that tested positive for fentanyl from a home where five adults suffered fatal overdoses on Sunday afternoon.
February 18, 2022 Missouri reaches $458 million settlement with drug makers in opioid epidemic lawsuit A settlement with several major drug distributing companies in the United States means that the state of Missouri will receive nearly half a billion dollars to help victims of the opioid epidemic.
February 10, 2022 Over 100 Republicans call on Biden to label fentanyl-related drugs as permanent 'Schedule 1' substance Wisconsin Rep. Bryan Steil, a Republican, led a letter with nearly half of the House GOP Caucus to Biden, calling on the president to make fentanyl’s highly-illegal status permanent under the Controlled Substances Act.
