Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that’s 50-100 times stronger than the pain reliever morphine. While some people use fentanyl on purpose, many others get it in their systems without their knowledge.

This week, Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill decriminalizing fentanyl test strips in Mississippi, legislation that he said “will help save lives.” It’s the latest in a wave of states taking ...

SACRAMENTO — Fentanyl test strips used to be illegal in California. Now, state law requires them on community and state college campuses, and they're popping up everywhere from vending machines to ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — At Cleveland's Urban Kutz Barbershop, customers can flip through magazines as they wait, or help themselves to drug screening tests left out in a box on a table with a somber message: ...

(Editor's Note: This story is not about fentanyl addiction, which is a separate serious issue. This story is for people who would never intentionally take fentanyl, and their families and their kids' ...

The potent opioid fentanyl is driving a dramatic increase in overdose deaths — and health experts agree that rapid testing strips can save lives. Still, access remains limited. Here's what's at stake.