fentanyl

Governor Kay Ivey has tasked the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency with combatting dangerous opioids such as fentanyl, through the state's Drug Task Force.

Alabama’s Central Data Repository says over sixteen thousand Alabama residents were treated for substance abuse in 2021. Close to two thousand of those were in Baldwin County. Limited resources also make recovery even harder in south Alabama. Most of the leaders in local recovery have been there themselves.

A former federal prosecutor is raising concerns that Alabama’s proposed crackdown on the synthetic opioid fentanyl could end up putting low-level users…

The Alabama Senate has voted in favor of tougher penalties for distributing fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid.Senators voted unanimously in favor of…

The state of Alabama has been selected to take part in a national project to help combat the opioid epidemic across the country.Alabama Governor Robert…