Fentanyl in the News

Sedgwick County/Kansas News

• Kansas 16-Year-Old Took Half of a Fake Prescription Pill and Died of Fentanyl Poisoning - May 6, 2022 (KAKE)
• Fentanyl Crisis Growing in Sedgwick County - May 3, 2022 (KWCH)
• Sheriff Warns that Fentanyl is Killing more People in Sedgwick County - May 3, 2022 (KSN)
• Two Wichita Men Charged with Drug Trafficking - April 29, 2022 (KSN)
• Push for Awareness Comes as Prevalence of Fentanyl Swells in Sedgwick County, Across Kansas - April 27, 2022 (KWCH)
• Fentanyl Crisis Prompts Wichita, Sedgwick County Law Enforcement to Carry Narcan - April 20, 2022 (KWCH)
• Goddard Woman who Lost Sister to Fentanyl Overdose Says Legal Change Could've Made Difference - April 15, 2022 (KWCH)
• Crime Stoppers: Rise in Fentanyl Laced Street Drugs - April 14, 2022 (KAKE)
• Fentanyl Abuse Among Teens on the Rise in Wichita, Sedgwick County - April 13, 2022 (KWCH)
• Fentanyl Spike in Street Drugs - April 7, 2022 (KAKE)
• 2 Men Arrested in Wichita for Possession and Distribution of Fentanyl - April 4, 2022 (KAKE)
• Wichita Police, DEA Seize Nearly 7,000 Illegal Fentanyl Pills During Traffic Stop - April 4, 2022 (KWCH)
• WPD Detective Finds 7,000 Fentanyl Pills, Arrests 2 Men - April 4, 2022 (KSN)
• Fentanyl Overdoses on the Rise in Sedgwick County - March 31, 2022 (KSN)
• Kansas City Teen Dies of Fentanyl Overdose - March 31, 2022 (KAKE)
• El Dorado Woman Shares Story of Fentanyl Addiction - March 25, 2022 (KWCH)
• Wichita Law Enforcement Seize more than Pound of Fentanyl - March 18, 2022 (KWCH)
• Fentanyl Overdose Death Concerns - December 3, 2021 (KAKE)
• Concerns Over Fentanyl Overdoses - November 1, 2021 (KAKE)

National News

• National Fentanyl Awareness Day - May 6, 2022 (DEA PSA)
• DEA Warns of Increase in Mass Overdose Events Involving Fentanyl - April 6, 2022 (KSN)
• Drug Overdose Deaths in the US Tick Up Again to Another Record High, According to CDC Data - April 13, 2022 (CNN)
• States Look for Solutions as US Fentanyl Deaths Keep Rising - April 3, 2022 (AP News)
• Child Dies After Ingesting Enough Fentanyl to Kill 10 Adults; Parents Charged - March 31, 2022 (KSN)
• Fentanyl-Laced Pill Seizures have Increased Nearly 50-Fold Since 2018, Study Finds - March 31, 2022 (CBS News)
• Fentanyl Deaths Climbing, DEA Washington Continues the Fight - February 16, 2022 (DEA Washington Division)
• What are the Street Names of Fentanyl? - February 25, 2022 (KSN)