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Purdue Pharma Set for Sentencing, Clearing Path to $7.4 Billion Opioid Settlement

The outcome would release billions for public programs under a deal that protects Sackler family members.

NIH Identifies DFNZ, a Nitazene Opioid That Eased Pain in Rats Without Breathing Risks

Dayton Grand Jury Indicts Two Chinese Drug Firms and Six Nationals in Fentanyl Precursor Case

Family Sues Westgate Vacation Villas After Baby’s Reported Fentanyl Exposure in Resort Room

DEA Touts 1,300 Arrests in 2025 Cartel Offensive, Alleges 55 Off-Extradition Handovers by Mexico

Science Analysis Links U.S. Overdose Decline to Mid-2023 Fentanyl Supply Shock

UK Opens 10-Week Consultation to Expand Naloxone Access, Including Public Emergency Boxes

DEA Cites Fentanyl 'WMD' Order as It Prepares Detroit Initiative

Nature Papers Reveal 'Reverse' GPCR Switch That Boosts Opioid Analgesia in Preclinical Tests

Trump Designates Illicit Fentanyl a Weapon of Mass Destruction

Trump Signs Order Designating Illicit Fentanyl a Weapon of Mass Destruction

Trump Classifies Illicit Fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction as U.S. Steps Up Maritime Strikes

Trump Designates Illicit Fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction

Trump Designates Illegal Fentanyl a Weapon of Mass Destruction

DEA Launches 'Fentanyl Free America' After Seizing 45 Million Pills Nationwide

Judge Approves Revised Purdue–Sackler Opioid Settlement Requiring Up To $7 Billion

Record Colorado Fentanyl Bust Finds 1.7 Million Pills in Auctioned Storage Unit

Judge Approves Revised Purdue Pharma–Sackler Opioid Settlement

China Tightens Fentanyl-Precursor Exports After Unannounced FBI Visit as U.S. Halves Tariffs

Baltimore Rolls Out Naloxone Boxes at Metro Stations After Cluster of Overdoses