The Drug Enforcement Administration allowed drugmakers to substantially increase the number of opioids they produced each year even as the number of opioid-related overdoses in the U.S. grew, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Officials are warning the public of a synthetic opioid that is 100 times stronger than fentanyl. Drug Enforcement Administration agents from the Seattle Field Division recently ...

The U.S. experienced an increase in illicit opioid sales via crypromarkets after the Drug Enforcement Administration released a stricter opioid prescribing regulation in 2014, according to research ...

The DEA's Phoenix Field Division is reporting a significant resurgence of carfentanil, a synthetic opioid 100 times stronger than fentanyl. In the last year, 70% of the one million carfentanil pills ...

Editor’s Note: As we mark International Overdose Awareness Day on August 31, and National Recovery Month in September, Homeland Security Today contributor Robert Patterson – former Acting ...

On July 29, 2025, during a joint press conference, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) recommended to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to classify 7-hydroxymitragynine ...

The Drug Enforcement Administration announced the “Fentanyl Free America” campaign at a press conference on St. Thomas Tuesday, and confirmed there have been 12 fentanyl related deaths in the Virgin ...

SEATTLE — Authorities have seized over 50,000 counterfeit M30 pills containing carfentanil, a synthetic opioid significantly more potent than fentanyl, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration ...

In accordance with the Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act, beginning June 7, 2023, all providers who are registered with the DEA are required to complete 8 hours of training on the ...

A Portland veterinarian has been sentenced after diverting controlled substance with saline for personal use.