Authorities in Pennsylvania this week announced that fentanyl poisoning claimed the life of a 7-month-old baby, continuing a troubling increase in synthetic opioid deaths among children.

A 7-month-old girl was found dead from fentanyl poisoning in her Pennsylvania ... An autopsy showed the baby died as a result of the opioid, the ME’s office said. Detectives are now consulting ...

The Lake Worth Police Department’s Special Operations Unit said detectives found four firearms, 60g of meth, 20g of heroin, and 14 grams of suspected fentanyl at the home. Hayden Elijah Alcaraz ...

DETROIT - Federal drug agents seized 20 kilos of fentanyl this week that was being transported from Grand Rapids to metro Detroit. The Drug Enforcement Administration said that amount of the ...

A California dad is speaking out after his 10-month-old son was treated for possible fentanyl exposure after playing at a public park. Walmart has agreed to pay $3.1 billion to settle lawsuits ...

It begins as a white powder in Chinese chemical factories. A mix of illegal drugs and chemical compounds, the powder, sometimes disguised as soap, journeys across oceans in massive container ships ...

TEXARKANA, Texas - Authorities in the Texarkana area are investigating a spike in overdoses and deaths being driven by fentanyl. It's a synthetic opioid that mimics the effects of heroin but is up ...

Deshawn Hendricks, 26, wants to check his drugs for the powerful opioid fentanyl when he can, because as a crack user, he worries it could cause a life-threatening overdose. Matthew Todd, 32 ...

Most people have heard of fentanyl, the synthetic opioid that’s 50 times stronger than heroin and is largely responsible for more than 150 overdose deaths each day, per the Centers for Disease ...

Synthetic opioids, primarily involving the powerful drug fentanyl, are the main driver of overdose deaths, with nearly a 7.5-fold increase overall from 2015 to 2021, according to the US Centers ...