Reversing the trend will require police on the reservation, which has none, and closer detox and rehabilitation centers that cater to Native Americans, tribal members and advocates say.

KGNS spoke with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Roots Recovery Center on their role in decreasing the amount of opioid-related overdose deaths.

The RCMP refutes president-elect Donald’s Trump claim that Canada is allowing illegally manufactured to pour across the U.S. border.

Cooperative work between U.S. and Mexican law enforcement led to the arrest of two individuals and the indictment of seven operators all involved in fentanyl trafficking.

The US witnessed an increase in synthetic opioid-related deaths after 2013, mainly due to the rapid proliferation of illicitly manufactured fentanyl, and fentanyl analogues such as acetyl fentanyl and

Two Chinese citizens are standing trial in New York for charges related to the illicit fentanyl trade in a landmark case as officials aim to crack down on the movement of the deadly drug and its components from China to the United States.

While synthetic opiods are a relatively new class of drugs, opium has a long destructive history in trade wars and warfare, beginning with the First Opium War.

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A Lincoln man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the distribution of fentanyl resulting in death on Monday. The Department of Justice announced that 25-year-old Aidan J. Glenn of Lincoln was sentenced in federal court in Lincoln for one count of distribution fentanyl resulting in death.

Samantha Yi, 31, of Palm Beach County, has been sentenced to 24 years in federal prison for distributing fentanyl that led to the death of a 10-month-old infant in Boynton Beach in 2022.

Earlier, Trump promised to impose an additional 10% tariff on Chinese products in addition to existing tariffs until the fentanyl issue is resolved. China is the largest producer and exporter of fentanyl raw materials, which are known to cross into Mexico, be synthesized, and then be illegally distributed in the United States.

Jinping had previously told Biden on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit that “China is ready to work with the new US administration to maintain communication, expand cooperation and manage differences, so as to strive for a smooth transition of the China-US relationship.”

Ontario has five offices in the U.S. With 88 people around D.C. and 30 in New York, as well as others in Texas, Chicago, and California, Quebec has the largest official provincial presence in the U.S.