Recovery expert talks decreased opioid overdoses in Arizona
As the world tackles the coronavirus pandemic, it may be easy to forget about Arizona’s epidemic, the opioid crisis.
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma launches campaign for opioid victims to file claims
Purdue Pharma, the drug company that makes OxyContin, launched a $23.8 million ad campaign on Monday alerting victims where to file claims if they have been affected or harmed by the opioid.
Safford city councilman suspends congressional campaign following heroin relapse and overdose
A Safford city councilmember has suspended his campaign for Congress after suffering a heroin overdose.
Opioid settlement still elusive as lawyers for some state and local governments criticize it
State attorneys general are finding a national settlement over the toll of opioids to be elusive, as some lawyers for state and local governments are renewing public criticism of the proposed deal with a group of companies led by the nation's largest drug distributors.
Phoenix 1 of 8 cities chosen for new meth trafficking crackdown program
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is launching a new program to crack down on meth trafficking in key U.S. cities, and Phoenix is one of eight cities chosen for "Operation Crystal Shield."
Yuma Border Patrol agents seize over $300k in meth, Fentanyl at I-8 immigration checkpoint
Border Patrol agents in the Yuma Sector stopped two smuggling attempts at the Interstate 8 immigration checkpoint and the drugs have a street value of over $300,000.
Phoenix Police: 122,000 fentanyl pills found inside car; man arrested
Phoenix Police officials say a 20-year-old man has been arrested after a DEA task force that included the Phoenix Police found over 100,000 fentanyl pills and other drugs in a bust.
CBP: Pregnant woman found smuggling close to 300 grams of fentanyl inside her body
A pregnant woman was found smuggling fentanyl inside her body by Border Patrol agents, according to CBP officials.
ME Report: ASU student death caused by accidental mixed drug intoxication
FOX 10 has obtained a medical examiner report on the death of an ASU student in late 2019.
Border Patrol agents find fentanyl strapped to man’s thighs
U.S. Border Patrol agents at the Interstate 19 immigration checkpoint arrested a man after they discovered that he was transporting fentanyl.
MCSO seizes $2.1M worth of meth, counterfeit Oxycodone during traffic stop on I-40
The Mohave County Sheriff's Office says when deputies attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a vehicle, the occupants threw suitcases out of the car that broke open, causing a cloud of white powder to be strewn across the road.
DEA and other authorities seize close to 170,000 fentanyl pills in bust
Authorities say two people are under arrest following one of the largest fentanyl pill seizures in Arizona's history.
Insys founder John Kapoor gets 5.5 years in prison for orchestrating opioid scheme
The founder of an Arizona pharmaceutical company was ordered to spend 5 1/2 years in prison Thursday for orchestrating a bribery and kickback scheme prosecutors said helped fuel the opioid crisis.
Tramadol is an odd, unpredictable opioid, scientists say
Scientists who’ve studied the curious chemistry of the opioid tramadol use an array of adjectives to describe it: “unpredictable,” “messy,” “crazy.”
Flesh-eating bacteria linked to black tar heroin kills 7 in San Diego
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A flesh-eating bacteria linked to the use of black tar heroin has killed at least seven people over the past two months in San Diego County, authorities said.
Melania Trump draws boos at youth summit in Baltimore
Melania Trump was booed at a youth summit in Baltimore.
President Trump donates 3rd-quarter salary to help fight opioid crisis
A White House official says Trump has given the $100,000 he would be paid in the quarter to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health, which oversees federal public health offices and programs, including the surgeon general's office.
USC sorority president wants opioid overdose antidote Narcan available for members
Taking what she sees as a potentially life-saving step in the aftermath of nine recent USC student deaths -- some of which are suspected of being drug overdoses -- the president of a university sorority said she hopes to make the overdose-reversal drug Narcan available to her members.
‘Meth. We’re on it’: People have mixed feelings about South Dakota’s new anti-drug campaign
South Dakota's latest anti-drug campaign slogan, “Meth. We’re On It,” has not been as well received as originally hoped.
Meth driving overdose deaths in West, fentanyl still nation's top killer
While fentanyl and heroin are still driving overdose deaths in the U.S., meth has emerged as one of the nation’s top culprits.