Fentanyl

In a recent Cato blog post, I discussed several factors that may be contributing to the current and welcome drop in overdose deaths.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reported that overdose deaths during the 12-month period ending in December 2025 declined by 13.9

Another, more potent synthetic opioid has begun appearing in forensic laboratories: cychlorphine.

At first glance, drug law enforcement and drug resistance seem to have nothing whatsoever in common. One involves microbes evolving in hospitals and laboratories; the other involves law enforcement trying to disrupt the illicit drug trade.

A new article that appeared on the Wired website notes that we'll soon know whether a vaccine designed to prevent fentanyl overdoses in people will

For years, we’ve been told a simple story about the “opioid epidemic”: first, doctors prescribed too many pills, then reformulated OxyContin “drove” people to heroin, then fentanyl arrived, and now a wave of ultra-potent synthetics is killing “naï

Join Cameron English and Dr. Chuck Dinerstein on Episode 131 of the Science Dispatch podcast as they discuss:

Purdue Pharma recently reached a $7.4 billion settlement with all 50 states and the Di

A February 25

Last month I wrote about the possibility that naloxone – the only opioid overdose antidote – may no longer work because of carfentanil-laced street drugs.