Animal tranquilizer mixed with fentanyl creates deadly mix
Federal authorities issued a warning this week about fentanyl mixed with an animal tranquilizer. It has been linked to a growing number of deaths across the country, including here in Georgia.
Mexican man pleads guilty in deadly smuggling crash that killed 13 near U.S.-Mexico border
Jose Cruz Noguez pleaded guilty Tuesday to coordinating a smuggling effort that left 13 people dead when a Ford Expedition carrying 25 people was broadsided by a tractor-trailer in Imperial County in 2021.
2 Georgia men sentenced in federal court for fentanyl trafficking
Two Georgia men have been sentenced to federal prison for attempting to sell more than 400 grams of fentanyl.
Family sues Airbnb after toddler dies of fentanyl overdose in rental
Investigators have been unable to determine how the toddler came into contact with the fentanyl.
Feds seek to limit telehealth prescriptions for some drugs
The Biden administration moved Friday to require patients see a doctor in person before getting attention deficit disorder medication or addictive painkillers, toughening access to the drugs against the backdrop of a deepening opioid crisis.
Atlanta woman turns pain of loss into mission to help prevent opioid addiction
Cammie Wolf Rice lost her 32-year-old son Christopher to an overdose in 2016. The Atlanta woman has made it her mission to help thousands of other pain patients navigate treatment safely.
Georgia deputies find drug house looks more like retail store during raid
It was the Coweta County Crime Suppression Unit that raided the home in the Sweetbriar Mobile Home Park last Friday. What they found inside surprised them.
Walgreens, West Virginia reach $83 million for company's role in opioid crisis
Walgreens has agreed to pay the settlement within an eight-year period.
Animal sedative ‘zombie drug’ flooding opioid market: What you need to know
The animal sedative xylazine is flooding the illegal opioid market causing overdose, death and worse.
Son of Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' arrested ahead of Biden's visit
The Mexican military has captured a son of the imprisoned drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.
Nearly 107,000 US overdose deaths reported in 2021, CDC's final tally shows
Meanwhile, U.S. life expectancy also dropped in 2021 to about 76 years, 5 months — a decrease of 0.6 years from 2020, the CDC said.
Over 379 million doses of fentanyl seized by DEA in 2022
According to the DEA, the dosage seized is high enough to 'kill every American'.
Store clerk, manager arrested for selling 'gas station heroin,' Peachtree City police say
Tianeptine, sometimes known as "gas station heroin," has caused growing concern in Georgia.
Study: More than half of US car crash victims had drugs in system
The study's authors say the results can’t be used to gauge drug use on the roads nationwide, but they say the high number of drivers, passengers and other road users with drugs in their systems is concerning.
WATCH: Florida officer collapses after possible exposure to fentanyl, police say
A Florida police officer is recovering after possibly being exposed to fentanyl which is said to have occurred during a traffic stop early Tuesday morning, according to the Tavares Police Department.
Red meth seized in Arizona, the first of its kind: 'It's a new way to market'
DEA agents in Phoenix have seized red meth in their latest bust. Agents say it came directly from the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico, which then brought it up to Arizona.
Fentanyl exposures in children spike, public health official sounds alarm: 'Lock up your drugs'
Public health experts are reminding anyone who uses drugs to keep them stored properly and out of the reach of children,
Drug cartel sanctioned by U.S. Treasury Department over rainbow fentanyl
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has sanctioned the drug cartel La Nueva Familia Michoacana and its leaders for producing large amounts of rainbow fentanyl.
Fentanyl 'vaccine' may have been discovered, researchers say
Fentanyl is 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine.
Walmart agrees to pay $3.1 billion to settle opioid lawsuits
Walmart has agreed to pay $3.1 billion to settle lawsuits nationwide over the impact of the prescriptions its pharmacies filled for powerful prescription opioid painkillers.