A Tijuana native man who led a massive fentanyl and methamphetamine trafficking operation that flooded the United States with drugs has been sentenced to 20 years in a U.S. federal prison, the ...

U.S. fentanyl deaths increased for decades until mid-2023, when they declined sharply. A major contributing factor were China's efforts to control the chemical precursors used to manufacture the ...

Scientists are testing a new kind of defense against the deadliest drug in the U.S. overdose crisis: a vaccine designed to block fentanyl before it ever reaches the brain. Instead of reversing an ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday, Dec. 15, designating Fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction. The order would allow the U.S. to expand even further its militarization of ...

Lawmakers and narcotics experts say that the Trump administration’s efforts to tie Venezuela to the U.S. fentanyl crisis are misleading. By Julian E. Barnes Reporting from Washington President Trump ...

On Dec. 15, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an unprecedented executive order “designating fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction.” Under federal law, fentanyl is a licit — not an illicit — drug.

As Mexican criminal organizations became the main suppliers of illicit fentanyl to the United States, small pockets of domestic consumption began to emerge along key trafficking corridors. Since at ...