• Schumer announces fentanyl sanctions bill before China talks

    Schumer announces fentanyl sanctions bill before China talks

    Feb 10, 2019 08:26 PM EDT

    ... fentanyl, the deadly synthetic opioid responsible for tens of thousands of American drug deaths annually, as a controlled substance. Schumer’s legislation — known as the Fentanyl Sanctions Act — would direct U.S. officials to publicly identify foreign opioid traffickers, would deny the traffickers visas in the U.S. and would ...

  • U.S. border agency says fentanyl bust is its biggest ever

    U.S. border agency says fentanyl bust is its biggest ever

    Jan 31, 2019 11:56 PM EDT

    ... border crossings, an increasing amount is being detected on the border with Arizona, a state where the Sinaloa cartel controls the drug trade and fatal fentanyl overdoses are rising. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says in a recent report that fentanyl is now the drug most often ...

  • Opinion: ‘Passive’ fentanyl exposure: more myth than reality

    Opinion: ‘Passive’ fentanyl exposure: more myth than reality

    Dec 23, 2018 10:50 PM EDT

    ... effect. https://twitter.com/RyanMarino/status/1041342421953593346 There are valid reasons for concern about exposure to fentanyl-containing products, although most of them are theoretical. Fentanyl and its analogs are exceedingly potent — small doses can lead to life-threatening toxicity. However, fentanyl is not volatile, meaning that the powdered drug ...

  • Heroin, fentanyl remain among nation's greatest drug threats, federal report says

    Heroin, fentanyl remain among nation's greatest drug threats, federal report says

    Nov 02, 2018 01:10 PM EDT

    ... and U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seize the most amount of heroin along the Mexico border, near San Diego, California, the report said. Fentanyl and other related opioids, which tend to be cheaper and much more potent than heroin, remain one of the biggest concerns for federal drug ...

  • Nebraska executes inmate using powerful opioid fentanyl

    Nebraska executes inmate using powerful opioid fentanyl

    Aug 14, 2018 11:02 PM EDT

    Nebraska carried out its first execution in more than two decades on Tuesday with a drug combination never tried before, including the first use of the powerful opioid fentanyl in a lethal injection.

  • Fentanyl is so potent doctors don't know how to fight it

    Fentanyl is so potent doctors don't know how to fight it

    Dec 11, 2017 07:28 PM EDT

    ... extreme exposures to fentanyl and carfentanil. The key may be upping the dosage of methadone or buprenorphine, so a user can’t get high off fentanyl, or increasing access to these medication-assisted therapies. But he also floated a fentanyl vaccine as one potential option for the future. “That's ...

  • China disputes Trump's claim of 'flood' of fentanyl into U.S.

    China disputes Trump's claim of 'flood' of fentanyl into U.S.

    Nov 03, 2017 01:08 PM EDT

    ... made a rare invitation to a team of AP journalists to discuss the issue at the powerful Ministry of Public Security. Beijing has long regulated fentanyl and 18 related compounds, and in February also placed carfentanil's less-potent cousins furanyl fentanyl, acryl fentanyl and valeryl fentanyl under control. Friday ...

  • As fentanyl death toll spikes, states step up their interventions

    As fentanyl death toll spikes, states step up their interventions

    May 08, 2017 08:25 PM EDT

    With the advent of fentanyl and other highly potent synthetic drugs, many states are amplifying those policies and adding new programs to protect drug users from deadly contaminants in heroin, cocaine and other illicit drugs.

  • This photo shows exactly why Fentanyl is deadlier than heroin

    This photo shows exactly why Fentanyl is deadlier than heroin

    Sep 30, 2016 02:42 PM EDT

    ... Forensic Laboratory. On the left is a lethal dose of heroin, equivalent to about 30 milligrams; on the right is a 3-milligram dose of fentanyl, enough to kill an average-sized adult male. Fentanyl, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is up to 100 times more ...

  • Concerns grow as fentanyl fuels rise in opioid overdose deaths

    Concerns grow as fentanyl fuels rise in opioid overdose deaths

    Aug 06, 2016 08:59 PM EDT

    ... fentanyl is that it is being mislabeled or counterfeited, in essence, as other opioids.  So, people think they're taking heroin.  They're actually taking fentanyl.  And, also, we're now seeing a big increase in fentanyl being labeled as painkillers, you know, regular prescription pain pills that people buy ...