fentanyl
Arcs in the news about fentanyl from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.
Subject · 59 stories · 164 articles · earliest story we hold Oct 4, 2023
Right nowactive arcs, newest development first
Nothing ongoing.
All arcs0 named arcs in 2026
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No named arcs in 2026 yet.
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every arc in 2026 at its own dates · opens on month
Feb 13 – Oct 6, 2026No arcs in this window
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- A mark is a story, on the day it was first reported
- Who covered it: left, center, right
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Every week as a table
| Week of | Left | Center | Right | Articles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2023 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 39 |
| Oct 16, 2023 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Oct 23, 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Oct 30, 2023 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Nov 6, 2023 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 70 |
| Nov 13, 2023 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 54 |
| Dec 4, 2023 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| Jan 8, 2024 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 33 |
| Jan 29, 2024 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 39 |
| Feb 26, 2024 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 19 |
| Mar 4, 2024 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| Apr 1, 2024 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 32 |
| Apr 15, 2024 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 28 |
| Jul 29, 2024 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 |
| Sep 9, 2024 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 |
| Oct 28, 2024 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 25, 2024 | 14 | 23 | 13 | 146 |
| Dec 2, 2024 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| Dec 16, 2024 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Jan 13, 2025 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 21 |
| Jan 27, 2025 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Apr 21, 2025 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Aug 4, 2025 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| Dec 15, 2025 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 32 |
| Feb 23, 2026 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Mar 23, 2026 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| May 4, 2026 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| May 18, 2026 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 35 |
| Jun 22, 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jul 13, 2026 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Jul 20, 2026 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 71 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Aug 10, 2026 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Aug 17, 2026 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sep 7, 2026 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 59 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 7 | 24 | 6 | 135 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.
Everything else13 stories in 2026 not part of any arc, newest first
Stories about fentanyl that are not part of any arc yet
- Sep 22– 26Hayden Panettiere died from an accidental overdose that included fentanyl, coroner’s office says135 articles · 61 independent sources6 left, 23 center, 6 right
- Sep 21– 22Three arrested after search finds over 33 grams of fentanyl in Ardmore2 articles · 2 independent sources1 left, 1 center, 0 right
- Sep 14– 17Hayden Panettiere's rep disputes report she died from fentanyl-laced pill59 articles · 32 independent sources3 left, 6 center, 7 right
- Sep 8– 9American man shows up at border with meth, fentanyl and heroin6 articles · 5 independent sources0 left, 1 center, 1 right
- Aug 21– 22From crisis to comeback: how Trump’s war on fentanyl cut deaths by more than 10,0005 articles · 4 independent sources0 left, 0 center, 4 right
- May 20– 23Three dead and 18 first responders sickened by apparent fentanyl exposure in New Mexico37 articles · 20 independent sources2 left, 5 center, 7 right
- May 6– 7Feds seize $10M worth of fentanyl, arrest 18 in MacArthur Park drug raid9 articles · 7 independent sources0 left, 3 center, 3 right
- Mar 23Police: Fentanyl found in packaging of Barbie Dolls at Missouri store11 articles · 3 independent sources1 left, 1 center, 0 right
- Feb 26Lisa Rinna says she was drugged with fentanyl at 'The Traitors' premiere party5 articles · 5 independent sources2 left, 1 center, 1 right
Stories that name fentanyl
- Aug 27– 28Justice Department charges more than 80 people in Puerto Rico gang takedown10 articles · 10 independent sources1 left, 2 center, 2 right
- Jul 20– 22Mexican Sinaloa cartel drug lord Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada, sentenced to life in prison, denounces violence72 articles · 51 independent sources8 left, 12 center, 8 right
Local coverage
- Sep 23El Paso Police warn of lethal 'Grey Death' street drug2 articles · 2 independent sources0 left, 2 center, 0 right
- Sep 13Fentanyl, a Reagan ad and a near deal: Trump's trade war with Canada6 articles · 1 independent sources1 left, 1 center, 1 right