In Florida, a child died after an underage would-be mother slipped fentanyl into his bottle, thinking it was cocaine. The WFLA edition told in more detail. The 17-year-old mother was arrested. She put what she thought was cocaine in her baby's bottle, but it turned out...
Parents of a 19-month-old baby who died after being exposed to fentanyl, believed to be on an Airbnb property in Florida, are suing the rental company over the baby's death, YahooNews reports. Enora Lavenir died on August 7, 2021 while her family was staying…
Sacramento City Unified is delivering Narcan, a drug that can eliminate opioid overdoses, to county campuses as fentanyl overdoses have skyrocketed, KCRA reports. District leaders stressed that narcan will only be available in case of emergency and will be kept by staff.…
Derek Maltz, former director of special operations for the Drug Enforcement Administration, warned parents of a nationwide fentanyl crisis. In Connecticut, officials confiscated 15 pills disguised as candy, NewYorkPost reports. With only a few weeks left until Halloween, the Office of Wrestling…
A 13-year-old California student was arrested after bringing fentanyl to school, which led to an overdose in a school employee, according to FoxNews. The Bakersfield Police Department responded to an incident at Chipman High School on September 9 after the school said…
August 18 morning in Boystown near noisy Belmont Avenue in Chicago, under brick arches, a passerby found the bodies of two men and one woman without signs of life, according to CWBC Chicago. Two men were pronounced dead at the scene. Chicago Fire Department paramedics...
Authorities have issued a warning about the potential risks associated with lifting folded dollar bills following recent incidents, Dailyvoice reports. The Giles County Sheriff's Department in Tennessee announced on Thursday, June 9, two incidents of people holding up folded dollar bills containing white...
Federal officials have warned police in regions across the country to take additional precautions over the proliferation of the fast-acting, deadly drug fentanyl. Synthetic opium is packaged and sold as heroin, but is 50 times more deadly than heroin ...
Some of the pills found in singer Prince's home after his death were labeled as hydrocodone but actually contained the powerful opioid fentanyl, which is 50 times more potent than heroin. According to Voice of America, sources reported this...
The 18-year-old resident of Eldorado Hills, California has been the seventh victim of heavy pain relievers in Sacramento County since March 24. In total, at least 30 people ended up in hospitals with suspected overdose. Reportedly, the cause was the drug fentanyl contained in painkillers, ...