Fentanyl

At least 10 babies — possibly more than 12 — have been identified with what doctors believe to be a new syndrome related to exposure to fentanyl in the womb.

More than 20 people from California to D.C. were indicted in a fentanyl distribution ring after a two-year investigation that started with the fatal overdose of a young mother in Washington. Federal officials seized thousands of counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl, cash and guns as part of the multiagency investigation into what prosecutors say was a nationwide conspiracy to sell…

More than 20 people from California to D.C. were indicted in a fentanyl distribution ring after a two-year investigation that started with the fatal overdose of a young mother in Washington. News4’s Mark Segraves reports while D.C.’s escalating homicide rate is in the headlines almost every day, many more people are dying from fentanyl overdose.

It took years for Denise Chiarotti to be as honest as she is today when it comes to talking about her addiction. But the journey has cost her too many friends and loved ones to count gone because of fentanyl. “A lot of shame. And in certain places I go, I feel I can’t tell people I’m an addict because...

Fentanyl has a grip on the country many worry can’t be broken. A Virginia woman fighting for her life spoke with Investigative Reporter Ted Oberg and the News4 I-Team about her journey to recovery and why she’s not giving up on herself or others.

When Sara Lowry thinks about her son Aiden, she doesn’t think about the addiction he fought but about the boy whose goals of fancy jobs, fancy cars and one day life as a successful businessman in London were all lost to the powerfully addictive drug. “I can see the addiction,” she told the News4 I-Team, “but I know that...

Opioid overdoses are affecting every community, experts say, and the D.C. region has seen an explosion of cases involving fentanyl. Investigative Reporter Ted Oberg and the News 4 I-Team found a wave of increasingly cheap drugs flooding neighborhoods.

A string of recent fentanyl overdoses at a high school in Loudoun County is prompting new warnings. News4’s Derrick Ward has more on authorities’ message, encouraging the community to take an active role in trying to save lives.

The meeting will be held Saturday morning at Park View High School. Nine students at the school have overdosed in recent weeks. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

The Virginia governor’s order comes after 10 students overdosed so far this school year at Loudoun County Public Schools. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued an executive order Wednesday mandating that school districts tell parents about any overdoses involving their schools within 24 hours after news that numerous Loudoun County Public Schools students have overdosed over the past few weeks. At least nine students at Park View High School in Sterling overdosed on pills suspected of containing fentanyl, the Loudoun…

The mother of one student who overdosed said her son nearly died. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.

After another overdose Tuesday night, the investigation into the source of the pills has intensified, and Loudoun County’s sheriff wants parents and kids to know these potentially deadly pills are disguised to look like a prescription drug.

One high school in Loudoun County, Virginia, has reported nine opioid-related overdoses this year — eight of which occurred in the last three weeks. The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office initially reported Tuesday that eight students at Park View High school in Sterling overdosed, and four of those overdoses happened inside the school. A ninth student overdosed off campus Tuesday night,…

News4’s Jackie Bensen reports on the overdoses at Park View High School, which all appear to involve fentanyl.

Many of the GOP candidates running for president say they would carry out acts of war against Mexico in response to the trafficking of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids.

Besides charging eight companies, the Justice Department also indicted 12 executives for their alleged roles in drug trafficking.

Police in Portland, Oregon, are investigating nearly a dozen fentanyl overdoses involving children as young as 1 years old.

The owner of a New York City day care center and a tenant living in the building have been arrested after a 1-year-old boy was killed and three others were sickened by apparent exposure to Fentanyl.

A man and a woman have been arrested on murder charges after a baby died and three other children were hospitalized following suspected exposure to opioids at a Bronx daycare center on Friday, police said.