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Lyons, the first woman to hold the post, says she’ll target Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel and Jalisco New Generation Cartel, saying the fentanyl they supply is “like nothing I’ve ever seen in my 30 years in law enforcement.”

CAMARILLO, Calif. — Officials at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and State Department have known for more than three years that some pharmacies in Mexico are selling counterfeit medications laced with illicit fentanyl — and that American tourists are overdosing and dying from them.

The group was taken hostage on Friday after entering the state of Tamaulipas in Matamoros – an area dominated by the Gulf cartel

Federal restrictions seemed to explain why many doctors weren't prescribing medication for opioid addiction. But some caution that removing those rules isn't enough to overcome hesitancy and stigma.

WASHINGTON — Senators focused on deaths from fentanyl and violent crime as Attorney General Merrick B. Garland appeared Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee for the first time in more than a year.

Senators focused on deaths from fentanyl issues and violent crime as Attorney General Merrick B. Garland testified Wednesday.

"It could have happened in O’Connell Street, it could have happened as they drove from the airport"

On Friday, the DEA unveiled a plan to restrict doctors' ability to prescribe controlled drugs over telehealth.

Patients using Adderall, OxyContin and other medicines with ‘high potential for abuse’ will be required to physically visit a doctor