A nationwide drop in overdose deaths may be driven by a collapse of the international fentanyl supply chain in 2023, a ...

A recent scientific study identified the reduced supply of fentanyl as one of the primary factors behind a significant drop ...

Synthetic opioid deaths fell sharply in 2023 and 2024 after a shock to the fentanyl supply. New evidence points to precursor ...

A group of CBP Officers walk up a ladder to board a cargo container ship at the Port of New York / Newark on Nov. 6, 2012. (Josh Denmark/CBP) Every day, millions of kilograms of illicit substances ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two executives of a Chinese chemical company have been found not guilty by a Manhattan jury on charges they conspired to ship precursor chemicals to the United States to ...

Mexico’s extradition of a chemical broker to the United States marks a significant step against these middlemen, who occupy an essential but often overlooked position in the synthetic drug pipeline.

The Mexican President published in the Federal Official Gazette the amendment to the Federal Law that regulates chemical precursors and essential chemicals, as well as the sanctions for its breach.

Fentanyl is a synthetic drug. That means it’s not created from plants like marijuana or cocaine, but rather entirely from chemicals. Fentanyl can be easy to make using compounds known as “precursors.” ...

TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities have detained a Guatemalan man wanted by the United States for allegedly participating in the importation of precursor chemicals used by the Sinaloa cartel ...