Music superstar Prince's death shocked the world when he overdosed on counterfeit prescription pills, made of the synthetic opioid fentanyl. Over three years later, deaths from similar BLACK MARKET pills continue to plague the country. ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff investigates the crisis by shedding...
According to statistics released by the Monroe County Health Department, 47 people died from drug overdoses in 2018, two more than the year before. The number of deaths in Monroe County linked to drugs and heroin in 2018 is similar to figures from the previous year,...
Pittsburgh EMT looks at the wreckage of a house that collapsed due to a landslide. One UPMC physician says instances where first responders are getting...
Acton drug test manufacturer Psychemedics Corp. has begun marketing a hair test to detect fentanyl, a powerful opioid gaining a reputation for its role in drug overdoses.The test, the company said, is the first hair test for fentanyl cleared by the U.S. Food & Drug...
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - Broome County Executive Jason Garnar Thursday lifted the State of Emergency declared March 27, 2019, due to a significant spike in fentanyl-related overdose deaths. During the months of January and February, Broome County...
CLOSE Fentanyl is 50 times stronger than heroin and up to 100 times more potent than morphine, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Wochit, Elissa Robinson/WochitThe month-long State of Emergency in Broome County after...
A sample of carfentanil being tested in a U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency lab Russell Baer / AP Potentially-deadly carfentanil was detected Wednesday in the street drug known as “blue fentanyl” in testing at the Sandy Hill Community Health Centre.Rob Boyd, director of the Oasis program at the...
An officer and a woman were hospitalized for possible fentanyl exposure Wednesday night in Boston’s South End neighborhood.Boston police said they received a call at 9:41 p.m. of a woman in her 30s needing medical assistance in her car. Officials then responded to the area...
STAMFORD, CT — Three Stamford men were indicted last year in connection with the trafficking of fentanyl analogues, and that three-count indictment was unsealed this week, announced United States Attorney John H. Durham and other law enforcement officials.Charged were Vincent Decaro, 29; Arber Isaku, also...
The US Drug Enforcement Administration warned in 2016 that people became sick from fentanyl through skin contact or inhalation, but the American College of Medical Toxicology and the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology released a joint statement in 2017 that said the chances of becoming ill...