A bill written by a Louisiana U.S. Senator aimed at empowering law enforcement to handle criminal fentanyl has been signed into law.

Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin rides along with the U.S. Border Patrol as they conduct an immigration raid at a California Home Depot on ‘America Reports.’

President Donald Trump celebrated signing the HALT Fentanyl Act into law with a pledge to continue working to reduce drug-related deaths across the country. “Today, we strike a righteous blow to the drug dealers,

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley was at the White House on July 16 as President Donald Trump signed fentanyl-related legislation.

The legislation classifies fentanyl as a Schedule I narcotics. Anyone caught trafficking the fentanyl-like substances face a mandatory minimum sentence of 12 years in federal prison. “So we take a historic step toward justice for every family touched by the fentanyl scourge,” Trump said.

A new billboard aims to raise awareness about fentanyl by honoring lives lost to the drug

Local drug market experts believe fentanyl, a potent opioid, is behind the mass overdose in the Penn North neighborhood of Baltimore that hospitalized at least 27 people over a 24-hour period. And they say the particular blend of drug involved is likely still out there.