January 20, 2022 CT student, 13, fentanyl overdose: School districts to train staff to use Narcan At least two Connecticut school districts will train staff, including nurses and teachers, to use Narcan after a 13-year-old died of a fentanyl overdose last week.
January 20, 2022 House Republicans introduce bill to require fentanyl drug traffickers serve life in prison House Republicans are proposing life sentences for fentanyl traffickers as the U.S. sees rising deaths and drug seizures at the southern border.
January 14, 2022 Connecticut 13-year-old in 'guarded' condition after fentanyl overdose at school Connecticut authorities found an unconscious 13-year-old boy in his school Thursday morning, suffering an apparent opioid overdose on campus.
January 4, 2022 New Orleans hospital gives out overdose reversal drug for free after year of record-high deaths Health officials in New Orleans are working to increase public access to the life-saving overdose reversal drug, naloxone.
January 4, 2022 New Orleans hospital gives out overdose reversal drug for free after year of record-high deaths Health officials in New Orleans are working to increase public access to the life-saving overdose reversal drug, naloxone.
December 23, 2021 California dad who lost daughter to fentanyl poisoning sends message to Biden: 'Mr. President, where are you?’ Matt Capelouto calls out President Biden for enabling Mexican drug cartels to bring drugs across the United States’ border.
December 10, 2021 GOP House Doctors Caucus pressures Mayorkas on fentanyl as opioid epidemic surges Fox News obtained the letter that Rep. Greg Murphy, R-N.C., is leading with a group of his fellow GOP Doctors Caucus members to Mayorkas amid the compounding southern border crisis exacerbating the illicit fentanyl stream into America.
December 9, 2021 Ossoff, Grassley bill to fight rural opioid crisis passes Senate Sens. Jon Ossoff and Chuck Grassley helped advance a bill to fight the opioid crisis in rural areas that passed the Senate Wednesday.
December 8, 2021 US needs to work with China, Mexico 'much more aggressively' to stop fentanyl flow: Portman on opioid crisis EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, is vowing to keep the pressure on the Biden administration to address the opioid crisis head-on.
December 8, 2021 Former opioid addict who inspired film 'Four Good Days': 'I lost everything' but 'recovery is possible' Former opioid addict Amanda Wendler, who is the inspiration behind the film 'Four Good Days,' joined 'America's Newsroom' to discuss her road to recovery.