Fentanyl seizures are plummeting. The phenomenon has received little notice in Washington, where the Trump administration has made fentanyl-trafficking cartels a national-security priority.

FOLSOM, Calif. — A Folsom man pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Wednesday for providing a deadly dose of fentanyl to a Sacramento County man last year, according to the ...

Originally developed as a medication for severe pain, fentanyl now has a dark side: The highly potent substance is increasingly being abused as a recreational drug—sometimes with deadly consequences.

Attorney General Pam Bondi said President Donald Trump had saved more than a third of the U.S. population from a fatal fentanyl overdose in his first 100 days. Drug policy experts and toxicology ...

What is fentanyl: Amid rising US tariffs on imports from Canada, China, and Mexico over concerns about fentanyl smuggling, we spoke to experts to explain what fentanyl is and why it is so potent.

On Thursday, the House of Representatives passed the HALT (Halt All Lethal Trafficking) Fentanyl Act. The bill aims to make permanent a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) temporary emergency ...

Fentanyl is still involved in most cases, but the latest data shows that annual deaths are down 22% compared with a year earlier. There were about 58,000 deaths involving synthetic opioids in the ...

Fentanyl has emerged as the primary cause of illicit drug deaths in Canada and the United States, and its trafficking has ...

Here's a look at the drug and how it's used: — Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid used to help relieve severe pain. — Health Canada says fentanyl is 20 to 40 times more potent than heroin and up to 100 ...

— Health Canada says fentanyl is 20 to 40 times more potent than heroin and up to 100 times more potent than morphine. — Fentanyl was first developed around 1959 by Dr. Paul Janssen and his ...

Image Credit: Your Hand Please/Shutterstock.com Although first synthesized as a clinical intravenous analgesic by Paul Janssen in 1960, fentanyl quickly became a commonly prescribed drug for the ...

China’s fentanyl trafficking and production prosecution is a positive step in following through on the pledge secured by President Trump.” Unfortunately, this progress was short-lived.