fentanyl

Montgomery County Public Schools is tackling the growing problem of opioid use among teens.

Montgomery County Public Schools is tackling the growing problem of opioid use among teens. News4’s Derrick Ward covered a forum for parents focused on education and prevention.

Overdoses involving young people in Montgomery County, Maryland, have increased more than 75% from 2021 to 2022, authorities say.

Montgomery County officials are considering new steps to deal with opioid overdoses including more access to NARCAN in school buildings. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.

A student at a high school in Wheaton, Maryland, may have experienced a fentanyl overdose Tuesday afternoon before she was revived with Narcan nasal spray. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

An art teacher at a New Jersey middle school has been arrested after he overdosed on fentanyl in front of students mid-class, police said.

Three public school students in Montgomery County, Maryland, overdosed while at school in recent months and were revived with the drug Narcan, the school system says. Montgomery County Public Schools held a demonstration at Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville Tuesday to show how to use the life-saving opioid antidote. “We’re gonna support the neck. The head goes...

Three students who overdosed were revived with the life-saving drug Narcan. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

Prince William County 1st Sgt. Jonathan Perok says parents and guardians should look out for changes in behavior and recommends using the DEA site One Pill Can Kill for ideas on how to talk to your teen.

The Prince William County Police Department said it’s made progress this year in getting pills off the streets and shared tips on what parents can do.

NBC 7 presents a special documentary, hosted by anchor Catherine Garcia, that reveals the hidden dangers and frightening consequences of illicit fentanyl.

The deaths of three students in Prince George’s County, Maryland, over the past several weeks are being investigated as possible fentanyl overdoses, police officials confirmed to News4.

A team of researchers from the University of Houston said that they have created a potential fentanyl vaccine, according to a new study. See what they found and how it works.

A Bronx man is facing serious drug charges after police said they uncovered $7 million dollars worth of fentanyl and heroin concealed in a coffee table.

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on changes following the death of a West Potomac High School student from a fentanyl overdose.

Officials from the Drug Enforcement Administration are warning of fentanyl appearing in bright colors, sometimes resembling sidewalk chalk or candy.

Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, has become the leading cause of overdose deaths in America, along with other synthetic opioids. The CDC reports that over 150 people die every day from overdoses related to synthetic opioids. Nabarun Dasgupta, a senior scientist at the Gillings School of Global Public Health, joins LX to discuss the rise in fentanyl-related overdoses.

News4’s Mauricio Casillas spoke to one Maryland mother who knows the heartbreaking effect fentanyl can have on families.

News4’s Mauricio Casillas spoke to a Maryland mother who knows the pain of losing a child to an overdose about her message to others.

On National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day, a mother is trying to alert others about the dangers of the drug through her own story of loss.