In December 2022, the Department of Homeland Security was required to create a data collection program for its fentanyl operations…
In the week since the Associated Press and Albuquerque Journal separately reported on the Drug Enforcement Administration allowing certain fentanyl…
On June 12 Arizona senators passed a bill that would drop the amount of fentanyl necessary to trigger mandatory minimum…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released new guidance on synthetic opioids, intended for first responders and government agents…
Under a proposed amendment to the Controlled Substances Act, defendants in federal overdose cases could face the death penalty for…
Oklahoma is considering a bill that would increase the state’s authority to intervene when people use unregulated drugs during pregnancy,…
As theories continue to emerge for the dramatic turnaround in overdose deaths, a new study indicates that it's largely unrelated…
In September 2024 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released data showing that overdose mortality, which had been climbing…
On January 6 the Senate confirmed Sara A. Carter Bailey as the new “drug czar,” the colloquial title for the…
In December, the federal government announced it would classify illicit fentanyl as a “weapon of mass destruction.” Having buried my…