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December 15, 2023

What is ketamine, the drug that killed Matthew Perry on October 28?

Nearly 7 weeks after Matthew Perry’s death on October 28, the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner released his cause of death as “acute effects of ketamine." Here are details.

December 15, 2023

Small Kentucky county bears brunt of opioid crisis

FOX News’ Douglas Kennedy reports on Bath County, Kentucky leading the country in overdose deaths per capita.

December 15, 2023

Mom speaks out after son eats fentanyl-tainted gummies: ‘Whole other level of scared’

Amherst, Va. mother Kristina Wright shares a message for parents and children after her son got sick from eating fentanyl-tainted gummies.

December 15, 2023

Increasing presence in the US of methamphetamine mixed with opioids creating concern

The number of Americans killed by methamphetamine increases each year, and the combination of meth with opioids like fentanyl and heroin is causing the crisis to surge.

December 14, 2023

Two arrested after Virginia fourth-graders ate gummies in fentanyl-laced bag

Amherst County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. William Wells discusses the response to the investigation of an incident where a group of fourth-graders ate gummies from a fentanyl-laced bag.

December 14, 2023

2 arrested after Virginia elementary school students ingest gummy bears from fentanyl-laced bag

Clifford Dugan and Nicole Sanders have been arrested by the Amherst County Sheriff's Office following an incident involving fentanyl at an elementary school this week.

December 13, 2023

Texas middle school students hospitalized from eating candy laced with unknown substance

Police are investigating what was inside the candy that sent eight middle school students to the hospital in Granbury, TX on Tuesday afternoon.

December 13, 2023

5 Virginia elementary students ingest fentanyl-laced gummy bears, require medical attention

Police in Virginia say five elementary school students in Amherst received medical attention after ingesting gummy bears that “tested positive for fentanyl."

December 12, 2023

K-9 busts suspects hauling 118 pounds of alleged fentanyl, cocaine with tile shipment in North Carolina

K-9 Groot with the Iredell County Sheriff in North Carolina stopped two men hauling suspected fentanyl and cocaine worth millions, authorities said

December 11, 2023

San Francisco Democrat says homelessness crisis in his district is 'absolutely the result of capitalism'

San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston claimed the city's crackdown on crime was counterproductive to addressing the homeless and drug crisis in the city.