Fentanyl In the News
Overdose or Poisoning? A New Debate Over What to Call a Drug Death.
Mar. 11, 2024
Grieving families want official records and popular discourse to move away from reflexive use of “overdose,” which they believe blames victims for their deaths.
America’s Front Line Against Fentanyl
Mar 06, 2024
CBP sharpens focus to stop deadly fentanyl and other synthetics, as well as precursors and the equipment to make them, in midst of unprecedented smuggling of the dangerous drugs…
As more teens overdose on fentanyl, schools face a drug crisis unlike any other
AUG. 30, 2023
Before the overdose, Griffin Hoffmann was a sophomore, about to lead his Portland, Ore., high school's tennis team. Sienna Vaughn was a junior in Plano, Texas, who participated in Girl Scouts and cheerleading…
Opinion: Trump wants China to rein in fentanyl producers. Good luck with that
SEPT. 6, 2019
President Trump recently amplified his already sharp criticism of China, blaming the country for the U.S. fentanyl crisis and escalating the trade war in response. Chinese officials call his allegations on fentanyl “groundless and untrue,”…