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News Articles: fentanyl

Lawmakers in Washington, D.C., are weighing spending cuts to addiction healthcare and research programs responding to the nation's deadly overdose crisis. Activists and health workers submitted a letter to Congress on Monday protesting the proposed budget reductions.

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  • Health

Experts warn Congress cuts to addiction funding will mean more overdose deaths

A broad coalition of addiction experts wants Congress to maintain healthcare funding for the nation's response to fentanyl and other street drugs.

May 13, 2025
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By:
  • Brian Mann
A woman reached for a dose of methadone at the Behavioral Health Network opioid treatment clinic.

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  • Health

Critics say GOP Medicaid cuts could slash fentanyl addiction treatment

Republicans hope to save a lot of tax dollars by cutting Medicaid. Drug policy experts say as many as a million Americans in treatment for addiction could lose coverage.

April 14, 2025
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By:
  • Brian Mann
President Donald Trump's new trade levies include a broadside against e-commerce.  His executive order extinguishes a tariff exemption for packages from China and Hong Kong worth less than $800.

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  • Business

Trump closes loophole used by American shoppers to buy Chinese goods tariff-free

The so-called de minimis exemption allowed Chinese and Hong Kong retailers to ship millions of packages worth $800 or less directly to U.S. consumers. That loophole will close May 2.

April 06, 2025
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By:
  • Brian Mann

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  • Health

Misinformation about fentanyl exposure threatens to undermine overdose response

Fentanyl overdoses occur from ingesting the synthetic opioid. But popular culture has misrepresented the risks to first responders.

April 03, 2025
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By:
  • Henry Larweh
Brittney Galvanauskas looks at a piece of art on the wall at Living Proof Recovery in Rome, Georgia.

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  • Health

Proponents say prioritizing recovery services over punishments may reduce fentanyl overdoses

Georgia Senate Bill 79 or the Fentanyl Reduction and Eradication Act, takes Austin's Law to the next step, establishing mandatory minimum sentences for drug crime.

April 02, 2025
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 25:   Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard appeared during a Senate Committee on Intelligence Hearing on March 25, 2025 in Washington, DC.  Despite a decline in fentanyl overdose deaths, her team ranked smuggling and drug cartels as top threats to U.S. security.

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  • Politics

In new assessment, Trump team ranks fentanyl as a top threat to U.S.

Drug deaths are declining but the Trump administration's intelligence team has issued a new report describing street fentanyl as a top threat to the U.S.

March 25, 2025
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  • Brian Mann
The state of Virginia has seen drug overdose deaths plunge by more than 40% in a single year.  Many other states are seeing improvements above 30%. Why is this happening?  Researchers say it may be a combination of factors, some hopeful and some painful.

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  • Health

Reporter's notebook: 8 theories why fentanyl deaths are plummeting

Some 30,000 fewer people are dying every year in the U.S. from fentanyl and other street drugs. This shift has stunned addiction experts, reversing decades of rising death.

March 24, 2025
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  • Brian Mann
President Trump speaks at the Justice Department on Friday.

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  • Politics

Trump reclaims a Justice Department reshaped in his wake

The rare speech at the Justice Department comes as the Trump administration has spent the last several weeks trying to reconfigure the agency, including demoting attorneys who worked on cases related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and firing officials who investigated the president himself.

March 14, 2025
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
Elena (left) and Vadim live on the street in Kensington, a neighborhood of Philadelphia that has long struggled with fentanyl and other drug use.  Both told NPR they have survived their drug use, in part, due to naloxone, or Narcan, a medication that reverses opioid overdoses. NPR agreed not to use their last name because street drug use is illegal.

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  • National

Deadliest phase of fentanyl crisis eases, as all states see recovery

In some parts of the U.S., drug deaths have plunged to levels not seen since the fentanyl crisis exploded. Addiction experts say communities still face big challenges.

March 10, 2025
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By:
  • Brian Mann
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described President Trump's fentanyl accusations as false and said his country would retaliate with trade tariffs phased in over the next month.

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  • Politics

Canada and China say the fentanyl crisis is only a 'pretext' for Trump's new tariffs

Canadian and Chinese officials say they were already helping reduce fentanyl smuggling. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said fentanyl crossing the northern border is "near zero."

March 04, 2025
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By:
  • Brian Mann
President Donald Trump says rampant drug smuggling and overdose deaths are largely the fault of three countries - Canada, China and Mexico - and he says tough tariffs are the answer. But Canada plays almost no role in the U.S. overdose crisis and drug deaths have been plummeting.

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  • Politics

Trump says new tariffs will cut U.S. drug deaths but fatal overdoses were already plummeting

President Trump cited outdated drug overdose data to justify tariffs against Canada, China, and Mexico. He also offered no evidence Canada is fueling the U.S. drug crisis.

February 27, 2025
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By:
  • Brian Mann
President Trump says fentanyl smuggled into the U.S. is a key reason for imposing tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico. But NPR found that Trump and his team made false statements about the fentanyl crisis. Canada, in particular, plays no meaningful role in America's fentanyl-overdose epidemic.

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  • Health

Trump used fentanyl to justify tariffs, but the crisis was already easing

The White House says fentanyl smuggled to the U.S. justifies tariffs against Canada, China and Mexico. But fentanyl deaths and smuggling have been dropping fast — and Canada plays almost no role.

February 03, 2025
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By:
  • Brian Mann
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says faith-based, 12-step and farm- or camp-centered programs should be a major part of the U.S. addiction response. Here, he visits the First Baptist Church food pantry in New York City last year.

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  • National

RFK Jr. says he'll fix the overdose crisis. Critics say his plan is risky

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. survived heroin addiction and says that if confirmed as head of the Department of Health and Human Services, he'll build treatment "farms" to help people recover.

January 29, 2025
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By:
  • Brian Mann
File photo of several dozen pills containing fentanyl. They are circular and blue, with one side showing a capital letter M and the other side showing the number 30.

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  • Health

Year end drug seizures by Atlanta agents show continued rise in deadly pills

Nationally, synthetic opioids, primarily fentanyl, now cause more overdose deaths than any other illicit drug.

January 03, 2025
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Mexican military and police are seen patroling in Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Mexico, on Jan. 6, 2023.

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  • Latin America

Mexican troops seize a record fentanyl haul in northern Sinaloa state

Mexican soldiers and marines have seized over a ton of fentanyl pills in two raids in the north, with officials calling it the biggest catch of the synthetic opioid in the country's history.

December 05, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
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