fentanyl

As part of an NBC News series, One Nation Overdosed, eight different victims and their families share their stories.

The DEA and its law enforcement partners have seized 9.5 million counterfeit pills so far this year, with fake tablets containing fentanyl making up the majority of that figure

East Haven police are investigating after two assisted living facility employees overdosed on fentanyl while on the job Wednesday.

A highly produced video about the dangers of fentanyl released last week by the San Diego Sheriff’s Department is being criticized as doing more harm than good.

Four people, including a mother and her son, have been arrested in connection with an alleged North Shore drug ring that flooded communities with fentanyl, Acting U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Nathaniel Mendell announced Wednesday. Mendell said federal agents on Wednesday arrested Vincent Caruso and three associates for flooding communities in the North Shore and as far away as Maine...

The death of a 14-year-old autistic boy found malnourished and with fentanyl in his system in his father’s squalid home last October was the result of a “multi-system failure” made worse by the pandemic, according to an investigation by the Massachusetts Office of the Child Advocate released Wednesday. The report in the death of David Almond said Fall River...

Parents are being warned about fake prescription pills that could contain lethal amounts of fentanyl.

Last year, 17-year-old Zach Didier of Rocklin, California, died when he took what he thought was a prescription pain pill he purchased from someone he met on Snapchat. The pill ended up being a counterfeit with a lethal amount of the powerful opioid fentanyl.

An Arizona family purchased a Glo Worm toy from a thrift store for their daughter and found 5,000 pills “believed to be fentanyl” inside.

This week, an Arizona family received far more than they bargained for when they bought a Glo Worm toy for their daughter — only to find that it was stuffed with a sandwich bag full of illicit drugs.

The CDC reports that overdose fatalities in the U.S. have spiked during the coronavirus pandemic.

The alleged sale of fentanyl pills to an undercover agent led to the arrest of a man in Milford, Massachusetts on on Tuesday. Willie Washington, 22, of Providence, is facing charges in both Massachusetts and Rhode Island after a multi-state investigation led to his arrest. The narcotics squad of the State Police Detective Unit, the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,…

Massachusetts officials are investigating the death of a 14-year-old with autism who was living along with one of his brothers in what they say were horrid conditions at a Fall River apartment that showed signs of rampant drug use. The boys’ father, 33-year-old John Almond, is facing neglect charges in connection with the surviving brother who was at the home,…

Up to seven people were hospitalized, including five law enforcement officers and a tow truck driver, after a chemical exposure while attempting to aid the driver of a car who stopped on the Golden Gate Bridge Sunday, California authorities said.

Separate drug busts by Massachusetts authorities over a period of 48 hours last week resulted in the seizure of 6.5 kilograms of fentanyl, numerous pills, $13,000 in cash, a firearm and the arrests of at least five people, state police announced Monday. State police were joined by Homeland Security and Brockton and East Bridgewater police to announce what they called…

Separate drug busts by state and local police as well as Homeland Security dealt “crushing blows” to two major fentanyl trafficking organizations, authorities said Monday.

After an 11-month-old child overdosed on Fentanyl in Fall River, Massachusetts, police said, two people have been arrested and are facing charges in the case. Warrants were issued charging Lynne Servant, 35, and Kevin Baker, 39, with permit injury to a child, police said Tuesday. The charge comes after an 11-month-old child overdosed on the powerful opiate drug fentanyl, according…

A Maine man and woman are facing a number of charges after police in Auburn say their infant overdosed on fentanyl Friday night.

Two Maine parents are facing a number of charges after police in Auburn say their infant overdosed on fentanyl Friday night. Police were called to an apartment on Washington Street just before 9 p.m. for a report of an unresponsive nine-month-old child. When Auburn Fire and Rescue arrived, police said the child was immediately taken to an area hospital where…

Mexican soldiers seized a huge drug stash at a house in the border city of Tijuana, including about two tons of methamphetamine, eight tons of marijuana and 131,500 pills containing the synthetic opioid fentanyl.