Now, experts say, fentanyl, a cheap, synthetic opiate originally dreamed up to treat people with end-of-life cancer, is either trekked in across the U.S.’s southern border by American mules, where

Community outreach groups continue to lend their support in the Penn North area after at least 27 people were hospitalized for overdoses.

At least 27 people have been hospitalised in West Baltimore following suspected drug overdoses. Citing officials from the region's fire department, the BBC's US partner CBS News reports that seven people had been admitted in a critical condition - but there have been no fatalities reported.