Fentanyl

In Beijing, Blinken and Xi stress need for continued U.S.-China dialogue to avoid "any miscommunications"

Beijing — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping and se...

world | 5 months ago

18 bodies found in Mexico state plagued by cartel violence, including 9 left with messages attached

Nine bodies were found Wednesday in a northern Mexican state reeling from a wave of drug cartel-rela...

world | 5 months ago

Suspected assassin for Sinaloa drug cartel known as "El Nini" extradited to U.S.

A suspected top assassin in Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel was extradited Saturday to the United State...

us | 4 months ago

Former ICU nurse arrested on suspicion of replacing fentanyl with tap water

A former intensive care unit nurse in Oregon has been arrested for allegedly diverting fentanyl from...

us | 4 months ago

Harm reduction program seeks to curb overdoses on Cherokee reservation

Twice a week, Coleman Cox drives more than an hour into controversy. He's headed to Vinita, Oklahoma...

us | 2 months ago

Mexico to bring charges against cartel leader — for turning over another drug lord to U.S.

The strange saga of how two Mexican drug lords were detained after landing in a plane in the United ...

world | 1 month ago

Kouri Richins, children's book author accused in husband's poisoning death, heads back to Utah court

A Utah woman who authorities say fatally poisoned her husband then published a children's book about...

us | 1 month ago

Opioid deaths now lowest in 3 years, but still worse than pre-pandemic

Opioid overdose deaths have dropped to the lowest they have been in three years, new estimates from ...

us | 1 month ago

Man accused of selling fake pills throughout U.S., running operation out of a garage turned "lab" in Connecticut

In a nondescript garage in Connecticut, a New Haven man manufactured hundreds of thousands of counte...

us | 3 weeks ago

Ice cream shops and pharmacy linked to ruthless Mexico cartel, U.S. Treasury Department says

The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday said it sanctioned two Mexican businesses — an ice cream cha...

us | 3 weeks ago