BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race

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News about the opioid epidemic in the United States.

Fentanyl test strips.

Mark Lennihan / AP file

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Fentanyl test strips are being used by drug dealers to advertise 'clean pills'

A container of Narcan, or naloxone, sits on tree roots

Lindsey Wasson / AP file

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Overdose deaths decreased for first time in 5 years but still topped 100,000

border drug detection vehicle car scanner

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Fentanyl scanners that sat idle for lack of federal funds can now be installed at the border

Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., during a Senate hearing on Feb. 16, 2023.

Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call via AP file

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Sen. Tester asks Congress to fund installation of border fentanyl scanners that now sit idle

OxyContin.

Toby Talbot / AP file

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McKinsey to pay $78M in U.S. opioid settlement over its work for drug firms like Purdue Pharma

A field researcher with the New York City Department of Health tests a heroin sample for xylazine on May 25, 2023.

Angela Weiss / AFP - Getty Images

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First came fentanyl. Now this state is counting the casualties from another deadly drug.

Fentanyl pills found in luggage at Los Angeles International Airport as part of "Operation Blues Brothers."

Drug Enforcement Administration

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How the death of a young mom led to the unraveling of a national fentanyl trafficking network

Emergency personnel work at the scene of a fatal fentanyl poisoning at a daycare center in the Bronx.

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Two suspects charged with murder in death of 1-year-old following alleged fentanyl exposure at NYC day care

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White House asks Congress for more money to fight fentanyl overdoses

Bottles of Purdue Pharma L.P. OxyContin medication sit on a pharmacy shelf in Provo, Utah on Aug. 31, 2016.

George Frey / Bloomberg via Getty Images file

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Supreme Court puts Purdue Pharma bankruptcy deal on hold over Sackler provision

Image: A Drug Enforcement Administration chemist checks confiscated pills containing fentanyl at the DEA Northeast Regional Laboratory on Oct. 8, 2019 in New York.

Don Emmert / AFP via Getty Images file

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U.S. is going after Mexican drug cartel crypto in fight to stop the flow of fentanyl

People protest outside of Snapchat's headquarters following fatal fentanyl overdoes attributed to the app in Santa Monica, Calif.

Ringo Chiu / AFP via Getty Images file

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Families of young people who died of fentanyl overdoses file expanded suit against Snapchat

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Biden admin partnering with social media influencers to warn about fentanyl dangers

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Fentanyl testing not required in most emergency room drug screenings

A CVS pharmacy store in San Francisco on, May 2, 2022.

David Paul Morris / Bloomberg via Getty Images file

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CVS Health agrees to settle opioid lawsuits for $5 billion

A person smokes fentanyl through a glass pipe on East Hastings Street

Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images file

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Once feared, illicit fentanyl is now a drug of choice for many opioid users

Image: A Johnson & Johnson building in Irvine, Calif., on Jan. 24, 2017.

Mike Blake / Reuters file

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Johnson & Johnson's $465 million opioid penalty overturned by Oklahoma court

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