All news on the topic: Fentanyl

A group of gang members who trafficked drugs and guns and used dating websites to connect with people interested in hiring prostitutes were responsible for a series of robberies that led to four deaths, federal prosecutors said Friday.

A teen with dreams of being a doctor died from taking one pill that turned out to be 100 per cent fentanyl, with another of her friend's almost dying from taking the same substance

While an 8-year-old Kentucky boy was initially put down to an allergic reaction to strawberries, it is now clear he was actually killed by fentanyl, investigators revealed

In the wake of her husband Eric's alleged poisoning death, which she now stands trial over, Kouri Richins wrote a children's book about grief which she went on to TV to promote

In the wake of the state of emergency being declared Portland’s first responders have sprung into action, but is it enough to stem the tide of addiction and death sweeping their city?

A man has died in Boulder, Colorado, after taking a new drug that is said to be 10 times stronger than fentanyl. The drug, called N-Desethyl etonitazene, was discovered during an autopsy

Professor Chris Pudney, from the University of Bath, says that benzodiazepines - a class of drugs used for the treatment of anxiety in medical settings - are being sold on the black market and used by opioid addicts, creating a deadly drug cocktail that can easily kill

US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco - as Chinese businesses are reported to be fuelling the fentanyl crisis ravaging American cities

The deadly synthetic opioid, which is 50 to 100 times stronger than morphine, is being mixed into food and formula by parents and caregivers who are unaware of the consequences

A three month-old was poisoned by a fentanyl overdose after her self-confessed drug addict dad – who had eight previous drug convictions – was given sole custody

The father of the one-year-old child who died at a Bronx daycare says that he feels 'betrayed' by the daycare owner and says that he 'trusted her' to take care of his child

Baby Nicholas Dominici died at the Bronx day care and nursery owner Grei Mendez has been charged - but the NYPD are trying to find her husband who was seen to flee the nursery

Authorities in New York say a daycare owner but was not only part of a drug ring, she was storing Fentanyl on a play mat, resulting in the death of a one-year-old and the hospitalizations of three other children ranging in age from 8 months to two years

A Utah mum-of-three who is accused of poisoning her husband with fentanyl suffered a seizure in her jail cell, which led to the discovery of a damning letter that could change the course of her trial

The dad of a baby killed at a day suspected to be a front for drugs has said he expected to take his child to a daycare 'not a funeral home.' Two people have been charged with murder

Chilling screams were heard from a Bronx daycare where a baby died after 'eating fentanyl.' Police have since said they found a suspicious item used for packaging drugs

People in the Kensington neighbourhood of Philadelphia were recorded on a chilling video swaying in the street amid a crisis involving the 'zombie drug' also known as 'tranq'

A 9-month-old baby named Elijah died in Nassau County, Florida after his teenage mother mistakenly put fentanyl in his bottle. His father, Phillip Word has said he is devastated

Robert De Niro's grandson Leandro died at the weekend after taking pills laced with fentanyl according to the 19-year-old's heartbroken mother, Drena De Niro

Tobias White-Sansom slipped into a coma and died in hospital days after allegedly being knelt on by police and beaten up by bouncers on the Magaluf strip in Majorca

Kouri Richins is accused of poisoning her husband, Eric, by slipping a lethal dose of fentanyl into a Moscow mule she made him, the month before her arrest she appeared on local TV to promote her book helping children overcome grief

Laced pills flooding the illicit drug market increasingly claim lives, with the horse tranquillizer Xylazine causing a shocking spike. Users could get gangrene and even amputation of limbs

Coolio's cause of death has been revealed after a family spokesman revealed fentanyl killed the rapper

A 13-year-old student, from Georgia in the US, suffered a stroke after using a vape pen laced with deadly substance fentanyl, with his mum saying he was forced to smoke it by a group of bullies

Teacher Frank Thompson, 57, is thought to have been under the influence of fentanyl, which he had stashed in the cupboard of his classroom at the school he worked at in New Jersey, when he was found unresponsive