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This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office for Utah and introduced as evidence at a trial shows fentanyl-laced fake oxycodone pills collected during an investigation. (U.S. Attorneys Office for Utah via AP, File)

Two men indicted, accused of using the dark web to sell over 120,000 fentanyl-laced pills

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

A display of the fentanyl and meth that was seized by Customs and Border Protection officers is shown during a press conference on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, in Nogales, Ariz. A Mexican national was sentenced Friday to nine years in federal prison for trafficking the largest amounts of methamphetamine and fentanyl seized by U.S. authorities in 2021 and 2022. (Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star via AP, File)

Illegal immigration, fentanyl and the politics of Trump’s harsh language

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times

Federal authorities confiscated almost 45 pounds of a fentanyl and cocaine mixture connected to the Sinaloa Cartel during an operation in a Denver suburb. (Courtesy of the Drug Enforcement Administration)

Feds arrest Mexican cartel affiliate, seize nearly 45 pounds of fentanyl blend near Denver

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden waves as he boards Air Force One, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Biden is traveling to Arizona to visit the building site for a new computer chip plant and speak about his economic agenda.(AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

Biden says border chaos isn’t ‘important’ enough to make visit

By Jeff Mordock and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A homeless addict holds pieces of fentanyl in Los Angeles, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) ** FILE **

WH under pressure to deal with fentanyl, overdose crisis as GOP takes over House

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

The overdose-reversal drug Narcan is displayed during training for employees of the Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC), Dec. 4, 2018, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)

10-month-old saved from fentanyl overdose at San Francisco park after accidental ingestion

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

The Twitter splash page is seen on a digital device, on April 25, 2022, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) ** FILE **

China gets fact-checked by Twitter after mocking U.S. in anti-freedom tweet

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

This May 10, 2018 photo shows an arrangement of fentanyl test strips in New York. Sales of fentanyl test strips have exploded as a growing number of overdose-prevention programs hand them out to people who use illicit drugs. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Fentanyl test strips move closer to legalization in Ohio

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

This photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office for Utah and introduced as evidence in a 2019 trial shows fentanyl-laced fake oxycodone pills collected during an investigation. (U.S. Attorneys Office for Utah via AP) **FILE**

Majority of fentanyl-laced pills now contain a deadly amount, DEA finds

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

A gavel is shown against a backdrop of law books in this undated stock photo. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Feds arrest 45 on drug and gun charges in Arkansas sting

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

This August 2017 photo provided by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's Phoenix Division shows one of four containers holding some of the 30,000 fentanyl pills the agency seized in one of its bigger busts in Tempe, Ariz. As the number of U.S. overdose deaths continues to soar, states are trying to take steps to combat a flood of the drug that has proved the most lethal — illicitly produced fentanyl. (Drug Enforcement Administration via AP) **FILE**

Mexican national charged with smuggling more than 70 pounds of fentanyl pills into Arizona

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

A police officer ties police tape to a handrail. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Fentanyl-addicted California father charged with killing toddler who overdosed on opioid

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Deadly Fentanyl Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Time to put politics aside and treat fentanyl crisis as a clear and present danger

By Daniel N. Hoffman

Illustration on crime in America by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

A crime-filled Halloween

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Two New York City men were charged after the Drug Enforcement Administration seized 300,000 rainbow-colored fentanyl pills and 22 pounds of powdered fentanyl worth $9 million, and an assault weapon, from a Bronx apartment. (DEA photo)

GOP warns of ‘rainbow fentanyl’ as Halloween approaches

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Mehmet Oz, Republican Senate candidate in Pennsylvania, speaks during a campaign stop in Erie, Pa., Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/David Dermer)

Oz warns that Fetterman is ‘out of touch’ on drugs, Mexico border

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 17, 2019, file photo, Kanye West appears on stage during a service at Lakewood Church in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke, File)

George Floyd’s family threatens Kanye West with lawsuit for saying fentanyl killed Floyd, not police

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

FILE - Former Los Angeles Angels employee Eric Kay, left, walks out of a federal court building where he is on trial for federal drug distribution and conspiracy charges in Fort Worth, Texas, Feb. 15, 2022. Kay was convicted Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, of providing Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs the drugs that led to his overdose death in Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Ex-Angels employee gets 22 years in Skaggs overdose death

By Schuyler Dixon - Associated Press

Two New York City men were charged after the Drug Enforcement Administration seized 300,000 rainbow-colored fentanyl pills and 22 pounds of powdered fentanyl worth $9 million, and an assault weapon, from a Bronx apartment. (DEA photo)

Woman charged as feds seize 15,000 ‘rainbow fentanyl’ pills in NYC

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

The opioid crisis and a secure border illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

We can’t solve the opioid crisis without a secure border

By Russell Fry