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.

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.

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.

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 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.

Mom in viral overdose photo celebrates 3 years of sobriety

A mother whose overdose photo went viral three years ago — after responding officers found her slumped over the in the front seat of her car, still holding a syringe, with her infant son in the back — has shared an incredible update celebrating three years of sobriety.

Companies reach tentative deal to settle opioids lawsuit

(AP) -- The nation's three dominant drug distributors and a big drugmaker have reached a tentative deal to settle a lawsuit related to the opioid crisis just as the first federal trial over the crisis was due to begin Monday, according to a lead lawyer for the local governments suing the drug industry.

New study: Opioid crisis cost US economy $631B over 4 years

The opioid crisis cost the U.S. economy $631 billion from 2015 through last year — and it may keep getting more expensive, according to a study released by the Society of Actuaries.

'We're not alone': 'Sesame Street' tackles addiction crisis

"Sesame Street" is taking a new step to try to help kids navigate life in America — it's tackling the opioid crisis.