Tag: Fentanyl
First Murder Conviction for Fentanyl Dealer Delivered in California
Man who sold fentanyl to a 15-year-old girl who died of an overdose last summer has been convicted of second-degree murder
Xylazine Increasingly ID’d in Illicitly Manufactured Fentanyl Overdose Deaths
Monthly percentage of illicitly manufactured fentanyl-involved deaths with xylazine detected increased from 2.9 to 10.9 percent
Fentanyl Is Main Agent in Fatal Pediatric Opioid Poisoning
5 percent of deaths from opioids in 1999 were from fentanyl compared with 94.0 percent of opioid deaths by 2021
2016 to 2021 Saw Increase in Drug Overdose Rates Involving Fentanyl
Increase seen in age-adjusted drug overdose death rates involving methamphetamine, cocaine; decrease reported in death rates involving oxycodone
Mix of Vet Tranquilizer, Fentanyl an ‘Emerging Threat,’ U.S. Officials Warn
More than 3,000 people who died of an overdose in the United States had xylazine in their system in 2021
U.S. Travelers Warned About Counterfeit Pills Containing Fentanyl in Mexico Pharmacies
Among the towns where this may be happening are beach resort locations, such as Playa del Carmen and Tulum
U.S. Tourists in Northern Mexico Are Buying Counterfeit Pills Containing Fentanyl
Overdose Deaths Up in Teens From July to December 2019 to 2021
About 90 and 83.9 percent of overdose deaths involved opioids and illicitly manufactured fentanyls
Unintentional Overdose Deaths in U.S. Teens Spiked in 2020
Eight in 10 teen unintentional overdose deaths involved fentanyl and other synthetic opioids
Deadly ‘Rainbow Fentanyl’ Looks Like Candy, Could Entice Children
DEA and other law enforcement officials seized brightly colored fentanyl and fentanyl pills in 18 states in August
