opioid crisis

The DEA used info from Diamond Lynch’s phone to find where she got the drugs that killed her, a trail that stretched from Washington, D.C., to California to Mexico.

The legality of an agreement by the maker of OxyContin to settle thousands of lawsuits over the harm done by opioids is going before the Supreme Court.

Long Island investigators detailed an intricate and stunning scheme that was hatched in order to get a deadly drug inside the walls of a Suffolk County jail — but was foiled by corrections officers.

Narcan is an easy-to-use nasal spray that can reverse an opioid overdose. Here’s what you need to know about this life-saving drug.

A powerful animal sedative in the illicit drug supply is complicating the U.S. response to the opioid crisis. It’s called xylazine (pronounced ZY’-lah-zeen).

A federal court ruling cleared the way Tuesday for OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s settlement of thousands of legal claims over the toll of opioids. Under the plan approved by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York, members of the wealthy Sackler family would give up ownership of Stamford, Connecticut-based Purdue, which would become a new company...

A federal court cleared the way for the Sackler family, owners of Purdue Pharma, to settle thousands of claims over the toll of opiods, seemingly without the threat of civil lawsuits.

A Westchester County mother is calling for her daughter’s drug dealer to be criminally charged in the teen’s fatal overdose, and adding that social media companies may to blame as well for giving dealers a market to push their poisonous pills. NBC New York’s Chris Glorioso reports.

A Westchester County mother who lost her daughter to fentanyl poisoning in the Bronx is questioning whether the NYPD’s Overdose Squads are actually following through with their objectives – or even whether the specialized units exist anymore.

A New York City doctor who prosecutors said traded oxycodone and other pain relief meds for sex acts, cocaine and cash payments was sentenced to spend more than 12 years in prison on Wednesday. Howard Adelglass operated a pain management clinic in midtown Manhattan, and brought on 37-year-old Marcello Sansone to be the office manager for the clinic in Oct….

Student hit what he thought was a marijuana vape and overdosed on fentanyl. Nurse administered Narcan which saved the students life. Lynda Baquero reports.

There were some frightening moments inside a Westchester County high school when a teenage student suddenly collapsed amid an overdose after smoking a weed vape pen that may have been laced with fentanyl.

Walmart has agreed to pay $3.1 billion to settle lawsuits nationwide over the impact of the prescriptions its pharmacies filled for powerful prescription opioid painkillers. The deal would still need to be approved by 43 states to take effect. It follows a similar announcement from pharmacy chains CVS Health and Walgreen Co. They each said they would pay about $5...

CVS Health and Walgreen Co. announced agreements in principle Wednesday to pay about $5 billion each to settle lawsuits nationwide over the toll of opioids, and a lawyer said Walmart is in discussions for a deal.

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.

San Diego County could soon have a new weapon in its arsenal to help fight its growing problem with opioid addiction.