opioid epidemic

According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the rates of drug overdose deaths among Black, American Indian and Alaska Native people increased significantly in the U.S. in 2020 over the previous year.

Two women were arrested last week near Casa Grande after police found half-a-million fentanyl pills during a speeding stop on Interstate 10.

Native American tribes have reached opioid settlements worth over a half-billion dollars with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and three distributors.

Maricopa County has become the first local government in Arizona to sign onto a massive settlement agreement with pharmaceutical companies over the…

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has signed legislation legalizing test strips that can detect the presence of the potent opiate fentanyl and potentially help…

Law enforcement officials in Yavapai County discovered $200,000 worth of fentanyl pills and methamphetamine last week in three separate stops on the same…