At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, three students stand behind a card table covered in naloxone injection kits. When a curious student leans in and asks what the kits are for, ...

An April 12 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) suggests fentanyl, a synthetic opioid up to 100 times stronger than morphine, has a distinct smell when it's burned. "When FENTANYL burns it ...

Public health workers will soon have a new tool at their disposal to thwart a spreading danger to users of illicit drugs: xylazine test strips. The new testing kits will allow health departments, ...

As fentanyl-related overdose deaths soar to new heights, and with fentanyl found in stimulants, tranquilizers, and other recreational drugs obtained in the black market, it makes sense to let drug ...

SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio-based nonprofit is among a group of organizations in Texas speaking up to help legalize fentanyl test strips. In Texas, fentanyl testing strips are considered drug ...