Narcan is a powerful tool in the fight against fentanyl, and a local treatment center in San Antonio is showing people how to administer it to help save lives.

A San Antonio man has pleaded guilty to giving a woman fentanyl and leaving her alone in a hotel room, where she overdosed and died, according to federal authorities.

Xylazine is a tranquilizer medication for large animals like horses, cattle or even elephants. Yet it made it's way into illegal drugs on streets across America.

According to Texas Health and Human Services, there were 1,672 fentanyl-related overdoses in 2021.

The potentially life-saving nasal spray that combats a Fentanyl or opioid-related overdose will soon be available at every North East Independent School District campus.

A billboard in Selma is trying to educate people on the dangers of fentanyl. Joe Jones, president of the San Antonio Firefighters Association, which is behind the Public Service Announcement, hopes it will educate people about how deadly even one encounter with the drug can be.

Only three milligrams of fentanyl is enough to kill an average adult male. The potent synthetic opioid is having a significant impact on how police in Pearsall do their jobs.

Mark Fahlsing says he is trying to focus on all the good things his daughter did for her community through volunteer work and teaching kids. He also wants parents to warn kids and about fentanyl.

A San Antonio man who said a hospital failed to sedate him during an outpatient procedure last fall went as far as to get an independent drug screening to prove the powerful drugs were not in his system.

From fentanyl to Texas gun laws, there was a lot that needed explaining this year

San Antonio Area law enforcement cadets are being trained on how to take illicit drugs off the streets without coming in contact with them and becoming ill, things like fentanyl and carfentanyl are among the deadliest and most popular on the streets.

Bluebonnet Trails Community Services partners with school districts in rural areas to provide counseling and support to students and families facing addiction.

The CDC says the most recent cases of fentanyl-related harm, overdose, and death in the U.S. are linked to illegally made fentanyl.

With the current opioid and fentanyl crisis, many people have heard of Narcan, which can reverse overdoses. Law enforcement and schools have it, and pharmacists believe anyone on opioids should have it too.