A synthetic opioid linked to overdose deaths has been detected in a suspected counterfeit oxycontin tablet at a Brisbane pill ...
Protonitazene, a synthetic opioid three times stronger than fentanyl, was connected to an overdose in Stevenson Ranch. Dealer ...
He was arrested on Monday and entered a not guilty plea during an arraignment hearing Wednesday in federal court in Los ...
The U.S. Department of Justice's Los Angeles office filed charges in what could be the nation's first death-resulting ...
AstraZeneca has ended work on an opioid use disorder (OUD) drug after the orexin 1 receptor antagonist demonstrated a ...
An Orlando man, Luis Miguel Plaza, has been sentenced to 10 years for distributing fentanyl after pleading guilty to charges ...
A Santa Clarita man has pleaded not guilty to a federal charge in what is considered the nation’s first criminal case involving a death caused by the synthetic opioid protonitazene, officials ...
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), has called for immediate global action to address the escalating ...
The U.S. Attorney’s Office says there were an estimated 107,543 drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2023, of which ...
In 2022, there were 3,261 opioid overdose deaths in Illinois, an 8.2% increase from the prior year. Since 2013, the ...