opioids

Decreasing prescriptions may have fueled a new phase of the opioid epidemic: the rise of synthetics like fentanyl. These are the areas of Washington most impacted by the shift.

Law enforcement agencies and first responders are bracing for the inevitable arrival of a powerful new illicit drug in North Central Washington. Tranq (as in tranquilizer) is already wreaking a deadly havoc among drug users in East Coast cities like Philadelphia, where it is now responsible for over 25% of the city's overdose deaths...