Now that smoking has replaced injecting as the most common way to consume fentanyl, UC San Francisco researchers have uncovered an increased risk of fatal overdose from the residue that accumulates in ...

Toxicology experts say it’s not possible to overdose from touching an item with fentanyl on it, or from breathing air in a room that has fentanyl. Most fentanyl is smuggled in by U.S. citizens at ...

With a Dec. 15 executive order, President Donald Trump became the first U.S. president to classify a narcotic as a weapon of mass destruction. Trump used U.S. deaths from fentanyl to justify the ...

Many addiction experts say the supply of street fentanyl in the U.S. is drying up — a win in the fight against overdose deaths that many experts once viewed as unachievable. More good news in the ...

Fentanyl, a strong opioid about 50 times more powerful than heroin, has become increasingly present in the U.S. drug supply and has caused a wave of overdose deaths among people who consume it or use ...

Fentanyl is powerful synthetic opioid that can be up to 100 times more potent than morphine. It can be prescribed in formal medical settings to relieve severe pain and treat breakthrough pain when ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: “Fentanyl in America: A Way Out” on “The Whole Story presented by Anderson Cooper” at 8 p.m. ET/PT Sunday. “I was asked to give an update of myself for this documentary, and I wanted to ...

Fentanyl overdoses can happen in minutes, and the usual tools respond after the damage is already underway. A proposed vaccine tries a different approach: keep fentanyl tied up in the bloodstream so ...

Researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind, handheld electrochemical sensor that can accurately detect fentanyl in urine within seconds. The proof-of-concept technology can detect even trace ...

It's a fact that more than 70,000 people nationwide died last year after overdosing on fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid. The drug has drawn national attention because it's so lethal, up to 100 ...