fentanyl

Seven inmates at the George Bailey Detention Facility in Otay Mesa were hospitalized after they were believed to have overdosed on fentanyl, authorities said.

According to county data, an average of three people die from a drug overdose every day in San Diego. “Not everyone can just stop doing drugs,” said Cherish Burtson, SD Harm Reduction founder. “It’s not that simple.” Burtson knows it first hand. “When I was in my early 20’s, I was introduced to heroin by some friends,” said Burtson....

An investigation has led to 11 criminal cases against alleged drug dealers who sold or provided narcotics to users who suffered fatal overdoses from opioids. A news conference is planned Thursday afternoon at the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles to release details of the operation, which included multiple arrests.

Pills marketed on the internet as supposed painkillers are taking the lives of young people who are consuming them without knowing that they contain a powerful artificial drug.

Drug traffickers have discovered a lucrative way to expand their illicit operations to more easily reach young people by expanding their operations through the Internet.

Last year, 17-year-old Zach Didier of Rocklin, California, died when he took what he thought was a prescription pain pill he purchased from someone he met on Snapchat. The pill ended up being a counterfeit with a lethal amount of the powerful opioid fentanyl.

Los Angeles remains one of the major shipping points for Mexican drug cartels fueling a rise in fentanyl across the United States, while California leads the nation in methamphetamine conversion labs, according to a federal drug study out Tuesday.

This week, an Arizona family received far more than they bargained for when they bought a Glo Worm toy for their daughter — only to find that it was stuffed with a sandwich bag full of illicit drugs.

An Arizona family purchased a Glo Worm toy from a thrift store for their daughter and found 5,000 pills “believed to be fentanyl” inside.

Authorities Saturday said they seized two kilograms of fentanyl — a synthetic opioid up to 100 times more potent than morphine — during a gang-related investigation in downtown Riverside.

The CDC reports that overdose fatalities in the U.S. have spiked during the coronavirus pandemic.

Charges were filed Tuesday in federal court against three Mexican nationals who allegedly trafficked drugs for the Sinaloa Cartel, resulting in what agents believe to be the largest single-day seizure of cash, drugs and ammunition in San Diego history.

A San Diego drug dealer has been sentenced to 14 1/2 years in federal prison for selling fentanyl that led to the fatal overdose of a 26-year-old woman

Up to seven people were hospitalized, including five law enforcement officers and a tow truck driver, after a chemical exposure while attempting to aid the driver of a car who stopped on the Golden Gate Bridge Sunday, California authorities said.

The father of a North County teenager who died from an apparent fentanyl overdose is hoping his beloved daughter’s death will cause young people to think twice about who they trust. Brianna Moore, 18, of Oceanside, graduated from Mission Vista High School with a 4.3 GPA. She ran the Los Angeles Marathon twice, and was a concert violinist. She became…

Mexican soldiers seized a huge drug stash at a house in the border city of Tijuana, including about two tons of methamphetamine, eight tons of marijuana and 131,500 pills containing the synthetic opioid fentanyl.