A mom tested positive for fentanyl the same day her 2-year-old son died of a fentanyl and xylazine overdose, Florida authorities said. Melissa Rae Harper, 43, has now been charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office announced Jan. 17.

A Florida woman was arrested for the death of her 2-year-old so, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. The boy died from a combined drug intoxication of fentanyl and xylazine, officials said.

A tech-challenged Florida woman accidentally texted a cop instead of her drug dealer to buy fentanyl — unwittingly narcing herself out, according to police who arrested her.

“On December 31 ... a local woman reached out through text messaging to someone she believed was a drug dealer. The woman was looking for fentanyl to purchase before leaving town,” the Bay County Sheriff’s Office said in a Jan. 6 news release. “She had accidentally reached the phone of a narcotics investigator at the Bay County Sheriff’s Office.”

A woman faces charges after authorities said she accidentally texted a sheriff's investigator whose number she had saved from a previous interaction under his initials that were similar to her dealer.

Florida counties are finally starting to spend or otherwise allocate funds they received from national opioid lawsuits.

A Florida woman was arrested after accidentally texting a narcotics investigator while trying to buy drugs, authorities said.

A new state-wide report released by Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody Thursday reveals a promising downward trend in opioid-related deaths.

Unknown to Wells, she had accidentally reached the phone of a narcotics investigator with the Bay County Sheriff’s Office.

A well-worn dictionary helped unravel a drug trafficking operation when deputies tried flipping through the pages, according to investigators in Florida. The “book” was actually a portable safe and it was stocked with drugs, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said in a Jan. 3 news release.

A Florida man was arrested in Mississippi for drug trafficking, authorities said. According to the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office, deputies stopped a

Almost every year, the Florida Legislature adds a new substance to the list of drugs carrying tough mandatory-minimum sentences. And like clockwork, every year, drug cartel cooks change a molecule