Fentanyl intensifying opioid crisis in Pennsylvania

Heroin Highly potent white heroin from Mexico presents a persistent and pervasive drug threat in Pennsylvania, but fentanyl from Mexico and China is intensifying the state’s opioid crisis. That’s a key More...

Led by fentanyl, Pennsylvania overdose deaths surge

Bucks County overdose deaths, last 12 months (Bucks County District Attorney) The deadly effects of the opioid epidemic continued to explode last year in Pennsylvania, statistics reported Tuesday by the Drug Enforcement More...

DEA Says There Were 4,642 Drug Overdose Deaths in Pennsylvania in 2016

There were 4,642 drug-related overdose deaths reported by coroners and medical examiners in Pennsylvania for 2016, according to an announcement Thursday by Gary Tuggle, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement More...