fentanyl

A Fullerton man has been charged with felonies for possessing enough fentanyl to kill 12 million people.

Illegal fentanyl is killing people almost every single day across Southern California. Robert Kovacik reports for the NBC4 News on Wednesday, June 1, 2022.

Illegal fentanyl is killing people almost every single day across Southern California. These deaths were once classified as “drug overdoses” but police in some communities are starting to look at them in a different way, putting dealers behind bars even if they sell just one illegal pill. Lolita Lopez reports for the NBC4 I-Team on May 26, 2022.

Deaths from the illegal drug fentanyl happen nearly every day across Southern California.

A woman who was a bus driver was arrested on suspicion of providing fentanyl to students at a Riverside private school for children with special needs.Beverly White reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on May 20, 2022.

An employee at a Riverside school for special needs children is now under arrest. Police say she was selling fentanyl pills to students and last week, one suffered from an overdose. Tony Shin reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on May 20, 2022.

A woman who works as a bus driver a provides campus security was arrested on suspicion of providing fentanyl to students at a Riverside school.

A bus driver in Riverside faces charges. Annette Arreola reports for Today in LA on Friday May 20, 2022.

Two maintenance workers were found dead Thursday afternoon in an apartment in downtown LA, and police say they may have been exposed to fentanyl. Gordon Tokumatsu reports for the NBC4 News on Thursday, May 12, 2022.

The provisional 2021 total translates to roughly one U.S. overdose death every 5 minutes.

Saturday, President Biden sent the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy to San Diego to announce a new plan to crack down on the methamphetamine crisis. The Biden-Harris administration’s plan will increase and enhance further collaboration between San Diego County’s existing Meth Strike Team (Health and Human Services Agency), itself a collection of local agencies, and the...

Three men were found dead inside a Downtown L.A. apartment late Wednesday night, after it is believed they ingested the drug fentanyl. Gordon Tokumatsu reports for the NBC 4 News at 4

The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner’s confirmed to NBC Bay Area Saturday that the cause of death for former San Jose police officer De’Jon Packer is “fentanyl toxicity.”

A jury on Wednesday acquitted an Ohio doctor in the deaths of multiple hospital patients

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

The Office of the District Attorney of Orange County Wednesday released a statement saying two Buena Park men have been arrested and charged with multiple felonies after confiscating over 800 lbs of methamphetamines and nearly 190 lbs of cocaine.

A billboard that went up Monday in San Francisco has become one of the most talked-about sites in the city.

With fentanyl driving fatal overdoses to record levels in the U.S., state governments are scrambling for solutions

Drug overdose deaths top 100,000 annually for the first time, driven by fentanyl, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Provisional data shows drug overdose deaths rose by 28.5% over a 12-month period ending in April 2021.

All across Southern California, fentanyl deaths are happening at an alarming rate. And with the recent crackdown on doctors and companies for flooding the market with pain pills, people are increasingly turning to the online black market where they’re unwittingly buying dangerous fake drugs. Lolita Lopez reports for the NBC4 I-Team at 11 p.m. on March 28, 2022.