California authorities have seized highly lethal amounts of fentanyl in San Francisco, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on June 15. The California Highway Patrol said the amount of fentanyl seized in the past six weeks is enough to kill the city’s entire population nearly three times over. This fentanyl crisis update comes after the government launched a…

Fentanyl is silently killing thousands of youth and young adults as California lawmakers struggle to pass laws preventing teens and adults from accessing the drug easily. Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid that is often laced with other drugs, resulting in users unknowingly consuming it, leading to dangerous situations of addiction or overdose, leading to death….

U.S. congressional Republicans hold a news conference at 3:15 p.m. ET on May 23 to discuss the fentanyl epidemic and its impact on American lives. …