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“These two seizures are more than enough to provide a dose of meth for every man, women and child in the United States and Mexico,” said DEA Acting Administrator Timothy Shea.

Ninety-one people in the U.S. die every day from opioid-related overdoses, but there’s a tool that can reverse the effects of an overdose that more and more law enforcement agencies and paramedics are now carrying with them as part of their standing operating protocol. It’s called Narcan, and here is what you need to know about what it is, how...

A Florida man who pleaded guilty to selling a fatal dose of heroin laced with fentanyl has been sentenced to 22 years in prison

Every time she got out of jail, Jamie Cline started hustling again for heroin, driven by an addiction she didn’t understand. “You want to get clean so bad. You know something’s killing you and you can’t stop,” said the 33-year-old who used heroin for 10 years.

A flesh-eating bacteria linked to the use of black tar heroin has killed at least seven people over the past two months in the San Diego area, prompting health authorities to alert law enforcement and other officials in California. Nine people who injected black tar heroin between Oct. 2 and Nov. 24 were hospitalized with severe myonecrosis, a soft-tissue infection…

Nearly $5 million in heroin was seized and over a half dozen people arrested in the largest bust ever for one Florida county. NBC affiliate WFLA-TV reports that the arrests took place in Polk County with seven people taken into custody after deputies learned someone was sending methamphetamine from Southern California. Detectives reportedly bought 100 pounds from a supplier and arrested...

Attorneys for a former U.S. Naval Academy football player accused of sexual assault are back in court to argue that political pressure influenced the decision to prosecute him. A hearing in the case of Joshua Tate of Nashville, Tenn., is being held Monday in Washington. Last month, a military judge heard testimony from the head of the Naval Academy, Vice...

A Parker County day care accused of using duct tape to restrain two young boys in June is now being sued by one of the boys’ parents.

A nonprofit’s proposal to open the nation’s first supervised injection site for opioid users in Philadelphia does not violate federal law, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

New father, Justin Timberlake, posted the first photo of his infant son, Silas Randall Timberlake, being held my mommy Jessica Biel while sporting a Memphis Grizzlies t-shirt.

Three people were killed after a small airplane approaching Norfolk International Airport crashed into a neighboring botanical garden, a Virginia State Police spokeswoman confirms.

Amy Moreland was arrested Tuesday after Volusia County Sheriff’s deputies stopped her car in DeLand and found what was later determined to be heroin inside of it.

A New York City mother is angry after watching a video she says shows her son being left inside a trash-filled stairwell as an apparent means of discipline at his pre-kindergarten school.

The Drug Enforcement Administration has seized around $150 million worth of opioids from two men in New Jersey, the agency said.