Nearly 22,000 pounds of fentanyl were seized at US borders during the 2024 fiscal year, according to data from the US Customs ...

I am thankful for Mayor DePeña’s willingness to address the dangerous flow of drugs and criminal activity occurring between ...

Unlike opium, nitazenes and other synthetic opioids can be produced anywhere in the world using precursor chemicals that are often uncontrolled.

Guest essayist Judge Frank Forchione laments that Stark County opioid deaths have "continued to spiral upward." ...

Unknown to them, the drug had been fortified with a nitazene compound called isotonitazene, a highly potent new synthetic opioid. Two of the men, Peter Haslam and Adrian Davies, overdosed and went ...

Fentanyl is powerful synthetic opioid that can be up to 100 times more potent than morphine. It can be prescribed in formal medical settings to relieve severe pain and treat breakthrough pain when ...

Senate Bill 25-044 Synthetic Opiates Criminal Penalties is scheduled to be heard in the Colorado state Senate Judiciary ...