As fentanyl hidden in a high percentage of illicit street drugs continues to kill, momentum to legalize strips that check for the presence of the synthetic opioid is growing. Two bills — House Bill ...

DARE COUNTY, N.C. — All year long, News 3 has been sharing stories of families torn apart by illicit fentanyl, and going in-depth with law enforcement across Virginia about what's being done to ...

Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that’s 50-100 times stronger than the pain reliever morphine. While some people use fentanyl on purpose, many others get it in their systems without their knowledge.

Fentanyl test strips are now decriminalized in Kansas, under a measure signed into law Thursday by Gov. Laura Kelly, fulfilling a long-held goal of public health officials, families affected by ...

Public health workers will soon have a new tool at their disposal to thwart a spreading danger to users of illicit drugs: xylazine test strips. The new testing kits will allow health departments, ...