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A Texas Department of Public Safety conducted a traffic stop and was hospitalized after being exposed to what officers later determined to be fentanyl.

A Texas Department of Public Safety tooper was hospitalized after being exposed to fentanyl during a vehicle search in Bexar County, state officials reported Tuesday.

In the Los Angeles Unified School District, the second largest in the nation, at least seven students have overdosed on possible fentanyl-laced pills in just the past month.

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While treatment experts say education and prevention is key to saving lives. Governor Greg Abbott declares criminal organizations in Mexico as terrorists in a fight against fentanyl deaths.

Governor Greg Abbott directed the Department of Public Safety to boost efforts to collect intelligence on cartels and investigate gangs in Texas that support drug and human smuggling.

Abbott directed the Department of Public Safety to boost efforts to collect intelligence on cartels and investigate gangs in Texas that support drug and human smuggling.

The small town of Floresville is seeing a rise in fentanyl deaths as five overdoses this year have resulted in three deaths.

Pills that can kill -- two suspected distributors have been arrested in charged in San Marcos. Hays County authorities now warn communities in the area to be vigilant of counterfeit Percocet pills.

The settlement includes supplying up to $1.2 billion in Narcan, a nasal spray​ used to reverse opioid overdoses.

Activist group Buckle Bunnies said they were invited to the fundraiser, but were told the campaign wouldn't present their question about whether O'Rourke supports decriminalizing sex work.

More overdoses may be happening because more pills and drugs are laced with dangerous amounts of fentanyl.

As drug overdoses are on the rise across the nation, more states are beginning to decriminalize fentanyl testing strips.

Daniel Auster, the son of renowned Brooklyn author Paul Auster, took heroin the day his 10-month-old daughter died of an overdose — and he tried to save her with Narcan before calling police, according to prosecutors. Auster, 44, told police he injected heroin in his Park Slope home after his wife left for work on Nov. 1, then took a nap with little Ruby, placing her in the bed next to him, ...

Community activists in South Florida sprang into action after West Point cadets on spring break were sickened by fentanyl-laced cocaine at a house party.

Fort Lauderdale Fire Department Battalion Chief Steve Gollan said Friday that six people in town for Spring Break were exposed to fentanyl and went into cardiac arrest. Two remain in critical condition as of late Friday.

The settlement is the fifth Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured for the state,...

A 13-year-old was hospitalized after falling ill at a Connecticut school that did not have Narcan on hand. He died two days later.

The death of a Connecticut seventh grader from an apparent fentanyl overdose has renewed calls for schools to carry the opioid antidote naloxone.

As the Houston Police Department pieces together what led to the tragedy at the Astroworld music festival that left people dead, the chief said there’s a rumor that someone was drugging other people.

Houston Police Department Chief Troy Finner asked the public for time to conduct a "proper investigation" into the mass casualty event.

Dr. Nora Volkow, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, told CNBC's "The News with Shepard Smith" that she's hopeful that the spike in drug overdoses will not be lasting.

Opioid overdoses are on the rise, but the Texas Narcan program is one of the largest and...

A Michigan trooper was given Narcan during a traffic stop after he was exposed to a drug, officials say.

FILE - In this April 26, 2018, file photo, a man lies on the sidewalk beside a recyclable trash bin in San Francisco. A record 621 people died of drug overdoses in San Francisco so far this year, a staggering number that far outpaces the 173 deaths from COVID-19 the city has seen thus far. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)SAN FRANCISCO – A record 621 people died of drug overdoses in San Francisco so far this year, a staggering number that far outpaces the 173 deaths from COVID-19 the city has seen thus far. The crisis fueled by the powerful painkiller fentanyl could have been far worse if it wasn't for the nearly 3,000 times Narcan was used from January to the beginning of November to save someone from the brink of death, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Saturday. The data reflects the number of times people report using Narcan to the Drug Overdose Prevention and Education Project, a city-funded program that coordinates San Francisco’s response to overdose, or return to refill their supply.

SAN ANTONIO - The UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing and the Bexar County Sheriff's Office announced Tuesday that they will begin distributing a medication used to reverse opioid overdose to released inmates. According to a news release, the program is the first in Texas to provide Narcan, a naloxone spray, to individuals leaving incarceration. Special Section: Opioid Nation: An American Epidemic"We are happy to provide Narcan to those leaving the Bexar County Adult Detention Center," said Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar. This is one more way Bexar County is working to assure the safety of the community." Narcan recipients, their families and their friends can learn how to use Narcan and get more information about opioid overdose prevention at moreNarcanplease.com.