A woman has been charged with advertising drugs online after the mother of a 21-year-old overdose victim told police that her son got the drugs from an Instagram account authorities say was operated by the defendant. Chynna Crosby, of Oakland, was charged in federal court with advertising controlled substances on the internet, a federal offense that carries a maximum four-year …

As fentanyl overdoses continue to claim the lives of more Tennesseans each year, Nashville city leaders, health experts and parents believe something has to be done. The topic was the focus of a special called Metro Council Public Health and Safety Committee meeting on Tuesday. Council members heard representatives from the Metro Public Health Department, Metro Nashville Police Department, as …

 Two Whatcom County men are facing charges after being caught attempting to sell 91,000 fentanyl pills. According to records filed in the case, Juan E. Hernandez-Hernandez and Alejandro Macias-Velazquez, who were arrested in July following an investigation, were importing bulk quantities of fentanyl pills into Whatcom County. Officials received information that the two men arranged for a delivery of the …

After trying drugs for the first time at the age 14—by the time he hit 40, Gene Newsome hit an all-time low. “There’s not a day that goes by that I don’t have to deal with temptation. It’s a every second, every minute, every hour, ever day type of thing. The temptation is always there,” says Newsome. After he received …

S Border Patrol agents arrested a man allegedly attempting to smuggle approximately 250 pounds of fentanyl in his truck’s spare tire and gas tank near the Mexican-California border Monday, the agency said. Agents who searched the man’s vehicle found several bundles of pills that tested positive for fentanyl, US Customs and Border Protection announced in a news release. The agency …

In a record-breaking drug bust, the Drug Enforcement Administration said on Thursday it seized approximately 1 million fake pills containing fentanyl in Inglewood, California, earlier this month. The counterfeit pills were seized on July 5 during a raid of a home tied to a Los Angeles-area drug trafficking organization believed to be linked to Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, the DEA said. The …

The amount of fentanyl seized in the United States this year could kill every American five times, according to Customs and Border Protection – and the problem stretches far beyond the U.S.-Mexico border. Law enforcement agencies across the country are finding a record amount of fentanyl. In Colorado and Montana, fentanyl seizures so far in 2022 are already higher than …

A recent influx of patients from what law enforcement have labeled a “fentanyl overdose crisis” in Gadsden County has taken a toll on first responders and the area’s largest hospital.  These patients arrived in varying degrees of health from the neighboring county, where nearly 20 people have overdosed since last Friday night, according to the Gadsden County Sheriff’s Office. As of Thursday afternoon, nine people have died, …

Every day, scientists at the Texas Department of Public Safety crime lab have their hands on one of the deadliest drugs in America. “This here is a kilo of fentanyl,” says DPS Forensic Scientist Jennifer Hatch as she handles the package wearing gloves. Hatch gave Fox News a tour of the DPS Houston Lab, explaining that nearly every street drug she …

There are some 250 deaths each day due to the fentanyl crisis in America, according to what the organization Families Against Fentanyl has discerned by reviewing the facts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about the crisis. Fentanyl is right now the number-one killer of Americans between the ages of 18 and 45.  Fentanyl and other synthetic …