Customs and Border Protection officers at the border checkpoint in Nogales, Ariz. made the biggest fentanyl bust in U.S. history. A Border Patrol statement on Thursday said the bust involved “nearly 254 pounds of fentanyl with a value of approximately $3.5 million and almost 395 pounds of methamphetamine valued...
Law enforcement leaders are warning about the dangers of fentanyl after a string of overdose deaths in Montana. Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton said Friday that the state crime lab reported three deaths from fentanyl in the Billings area, within one week. There was...
The synthetic opioid, fentanyl, currently tops the list of drugs with the greatest likelihood of causing a fatal overdose; more than 18,000 people died from fentanyl-related overdoses in 2017, according to a report from the National Center for Health Statistics. Fentanyl's lethal potential has been...
It's being called the largest fentanyl bust in US history; a massive shipment of fentanyl and meth has been stopped at the southern border. Now, authorities are revealing how they found it.Nearly 254...
More Albertans died of fentanyl-related overdoses in 2018 than any previous year, says a recent report from Alberta Health.The quarterly Alberta Opioid Response Surveillance Report released Friday states that 582 Albertans died of fentanyl-related overdoses between Jan. 1 and Nov. 11, 2018.Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta's new...
File photo of fentanyl pills seized by Calgary police in 2015. Gavin Young / Postmedia Between Oct. 1 and Nov. 11, 2018, 63 people in the province died from an accidental overdose related to fentanyl, new information released by Alberta Health shows.In the previous six weeks, between...
The Trump admin is patting itself on the back right now for their massive fentanyl bust, but the real criminals in the opioid story are walking around without a care in the world. The Sackler family –...