Page 4 - Connor Sheets News Today

In 2018, the family of a man killed by a fentanyl pill from a Mexican pharmacy called on U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein and then-Sen. Kamala Harris to act. Little has been done in the intervening years.

Between the time U.S. officials knew about counterfeit meds at Mexican pharmacies and the time they posted a warning about the threat, Americans died.

Keri Blakinger and Brennon Dixson have joined the Los Angeles Times’ California reporting staff. Blakinger covers the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and Brennon Dixson covers Black communities in Southern California.

An alert by the U.S. State Department urges American travelers to "exercise caution" when purchasing drugs from pharmacies in Mexico.

Congressional lawmakers have asked the State Department to warn Americans that some Mexican pharmacies are selling counterfeit pills tainted with fentanyl.

U.S. authorities have known for years that Americans have died after consuming counterfeit pills containing fentanyl purchased from pharmacies in Mexico.

Between asteroids and giant balloons over North America, you may be paying closer attention to our skies and thinking about the mysteries beyond them.

800 grams of fentanyl, that turns into 400 to 500,000 potentially lethal pills. think about that, one bag, thats 400 500,000 lethal doses. >> unbelievable. an investigation by the l.a. times has found that pharmacies in several mexican cities, including popular tourist and border towns, are selling counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl, and methamphetamine as legitimate prescription drugs. connor sheets is an investigative and enterprise reporter for the times, he joins me now. its ...

So, its an interesting situation. >> its really devastating to think about, just the span in reach of the opioid crisis. thank you for your reporting, and makes us all that much more aware, connor. thank you. >> thank you for having me on. >> you know, look, more than 100,000 people a year are now dying of drug overdose in the united states. the majority from opioids, according to the cdc. around 1 million have lost their lives to overdoses since the opioid crisis began. 20 years ago. now, the n...

Longtime 30-something friends had a yearly ritual: traveling the Mississippi River. Then the pandemic intervened.