Aroostook County mother sentenced to 4 years for toddler’s overdose death

Mariah Dobbins, 29, pleaded guilty to manslaughter last month in the 2022 death of her 1-year-old son, Jaden Raymond.

Man arrested after allegedly selling fentanyl to informant from Oakland garage

Brian Ouellette, 52, faces a felony aggravated trafficking charge after allegedly selling $500 worth of the synthetic opioid.

‘Keep them alive’: More states legalize fentanyl test strips to combat surging opioid deaths

A growing number of states are decriminalizing fentanyl testing strips, seeking to protect people who use drugs from unwitting exposure to the highly potent synthetic opioid ravaging the U.S. with overdose deaths.

Eduardo Porter: Fentanyl will win the war on drugs

U.S. names veterinary drug, fentanyl mixture ‘emerging threat’

It is the first time the designation has been used it since the category for fast-growing drug dangers was created in 2019.

Commentary: It’s time to talk about fentanyl ingestion in children

The first problem is failure to test for fentanyl when a drug test is ordered. The second problem is timely recognition and treatment of opioid ingestion in children, which is nowhere near as rare as we like to think.

Fentanyl, the fast-acting and incredibly lethal opioid, killed more than 500 Mainers last year

Fentanyl is sometimes referred to as the "instant death," an official from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services said Friday.

Number of Mainers who died from a drug overdose last year outpaced record set in 2021

Significantly impacting fatal overdoses is the introduction of xylazine and nonpharmaceutical tramadol. Both drugs showed up on toxicology reports for the first time in 2021, almost always in combination with fentanyl.

Falmouth man charged with fentanyl trafficking

Dale Hunnewell, 61, had previously served 25 years in prison for cocaine trafficking.

Commentary: Fentanyl feels like the monster coming for our kids. What should parents say?

Children are being poisoned by fentanyl, a deadly opioid. Here’s how a family therapist suggests telling kids about it.