fentanyl

Vending machines have become one of the latest tools in the fight against the opioid crisis.

Sedgwick County, using samples from the city of Wichita's wastewater facilities, is monitoring use of substances in the county.

Fentanyl fueled unprecedented carnage with 112,000 fatal overdoses. The nation is increasingly divided over how to respond.

In 2022, Sedgwick County recorded more than 300 overdose deaths, with most of those being fentanyl-related.

The coffee shop is run by Seventh Direction, an outpatient addiction treatment center.

Earlier this year, Safe Streets received funding from the city of Wichita to distribute naloxone kits to help prevent even more opioid-related deaths.

The center handles autopsies and drug identification cases, each of which have increased in recent years due to fentanyl.

Drug users who think they're taking one substance sometimes unknowingly take fentanyl that's mixed in to increase potency. Small doses of fentanyl can kill.