Also known as: overdoses
Police in Portland, Maine, issued a public safety alert after 7 suspected overdoses in under 20 hours, while Huntington, WV, police seized over 900 fentanyl-laced tablets disguised as cartoon characters. Both departments warned of dangerous fentanyl contamination in the drug supply.
Cychlorphine has been detected in central Kentucky as Tennessee authorities link the synthetic opioid to 41 deaths in 11 counties in 2026. The drug is believed to be 10 times more potent than fentanyl and is not detectable by fentanyl testing strips.
US forces conducted three strikes on suspected drug-trafficking vessels, killing 11 people in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. The attacks bring the total death toll to at least 159 since September.
