Gov. Newsom vetoes bill allowing safe injection sites in California, including Los Angeles
California is shutting the door on safe injection sites after Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have allowed them in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Oakland.
Polk sheriff: 85 arrested, $12.8M in drugs seized after wiretap investigation takes down drug trafficking ring
Authorities say a two-year undercover investigation resulted in 85 arrests, the seizure of over $12.8 million worth of drugs, and the dismantling of an international drug trafficking organization whose ringleaders operated out of Winter Haven.
Safe injection sites could be signed into law by Gov. Newsom
Critics of the bill say it opens the door to more illicit drug use and all the baggage that can come with it.
LA County deputy rushed to hospital after suspected fentanyl exposure while responding to scene
A Los Angeles County deputy was rushed to the hospital after a fentanyl scare.
Over a million fentanyl pills seized in Inglewood
According to the DEA, this is the largest seizure of fentanyl pills the DEA has made in California.
Fentanyl risk from $1 bill? Drug safety expert dispels myths about second-hand exposure
In a viral Facebook post, a Kentucky woman says she had to be hospitalized after picking up a dollar bill from the ground that she thinks was laced with the drug fentanyl.
California college campuses look to fentanyl testing strips as a solution to stop overdoses among students
California residents who have seen loved ones die from fentanyl overdoses support making the testing strips more available.
Fullerton man charged with possessing enough fentanyl to kill 12 million people
Suspected drug dealer Alfonso Gomez-Santana has been charged with several felonies for possessing enough fentanyl to kill 12 million people, nearly four times the population of Orange County.
Lauren Boebert introduces bill to classify fentanyl as weapon of mass destruction
GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert, a freshman representing Colorado’s 3rd district, is pushing to classify the synthetic opioid fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction.
LAUSD issues warning after 3 students ingest ecstasy pills laced with fentanyl
According to a letter sent to parents, the three students "suffered neurological consequences."
2 maintenance workers die after fentanyl exposure at downtown LA apartment complex
Two maintenance workers are dead after police believe they may have been exposed to fentanyl at a downtown Los Angeles apartment complex.
3 men dead after suspected fentanyl overdose in downtown Los Angeles; LAPD officer possibly exposed
Authorities Friday identified two of three men found dead of apparent fentanyl overdoses in a downtown Los Angeles apartment as Mirko Salaris, 48, and Jason Turnage, 47.
OC drug bust: Two drug dealers had enough fentanyl to kill 4.7 million people, DA says
It’s the largest drug bust in Orange County in nearly 16 years.
Emoji drug code decoded: Parents, do you know what that text really means?
They look innocent, but the combination of cookie, snowman, box, and parachute emojis can be code for "a large batch of cocaine has arrived." A school bus is code for Xanax. The DEA has released an "emoji drug decoder" in an effort to educate parents about the new ways drugs are being bought and sold.
'Always be cautious': Fentanyl, cocaine pills disguised as Tylenol seized by Ohio police
Police in Lorain, Ohio, shared a photo of a seized fentanyl pill pressed with what appears to look like the word “Tylenol.”
Opioid Crisis: Mom's search for answers in son's death leads to discovery of illegal drug delivery ring
Ray Mascolo ordered cocaine and oxycodone from a drug delivery service. However, following his sudden death, they only found fentanyl in his system. Prosecutors say customers often are not aware of what they are sold or taking and sometimes, it can have deadly consequences.
Los Angeles actor accused of delivering fentanyl-laced pills to man who died of overdose
An actor based out of Los Angeles is accused of delivering fentanyl-laced pills to a Beverly Hills man who later died of an overdose.