TAG / DRUG PREVENTION

Yitzchok “Isak” Sklar reportedly left his dying son in a family shelter while fleeing to hide his drug stash. Sklar and his drug supplier kept selling fentanyl after the boy’s death, and now face federal charges.

With deaths falling in 90 percent of states, experts warn gains depend on continued prevention, education and vigilance nationwide.

After losing her daughter to fentanyl, a mother turned grief into global advocacy, inspiring a worldwide effort to save lives by keeping young people drug-free.

Doctors report school-age patients suffering irreversible urological harm as holiday binge culture and cheap access fuel the spike in youth consumption.

With daily visits up more than 100 percent and dozens of life-threatening overdoses linked to the centers, officials and residents are calling for shutdowns and a renewed focus on prevention.

In a metroplex that measures everything in superlatives, the Church of Scientology Dallas offers a different kind of “big,” a place where living large begins on the inside.

Potent synthetic opioids up to 500 times stronger than morphine are flooding the US despite rising enforcement. Experts warn only education can cut demand and stop the cycle of lethal new drugs.

Far cheaper than cocaine and once considered a “safe high,” ketamine used with other drugs killed nearly 200 in Britain last year alone.

America’s overdose death toll fell sharply in 2024, with fentanyl deaths down nearly 37 percent. But experts warn the crisis is far from over.

A billion dollars’ worth of cartel drugs seized in recent months shows law enforcement’s reach—but demand remains the root of the crisis.