The case is believed to be the first criminal prosecution related to a death caused by the synthetic drug protonitazene in ...

Protonitazene, a synthetic opioid three times stronger than fentanyl, was connected to an overdose in Stevenson Ranch. Dealer ...

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 ...

A Santa Clarita man has been arraigned on an indictment alleging he distributed protonitazene – a novel synthetic opioid that ...

AstraZeneca has ended work on an opioid use disorder (OUD) drug after the orexin 1 receptor antagonist demonstrated a ...

The toxic drug crisis has taken more than 47,000 lives in Canada since 2016 and the synthetic opioid fentanyl has become a household name. But now, what's believed to be an even more potent class ...

Memorial University professor John Weber says he's not surprised to see that nitazene, a highly toxic synthetic opioid, has been seized by police in Newfoundland and Labrador. (Jonny Hodder/CBC ...

An Illinois state representative was administered an opioid antagonist on the House floor this week to show the safety and ...

A Santa Clarita man has pleaded not guilty to a federal charge in what prosecutors believe is the nation’s first criminal ...

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), has called for immediate global action to address the escalating ...

An extremely pure and potentially deadly batch of drugs have authorities on high alert as the annual Schoolies event kicks ...