Purdue Pharma headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

Paddling through the flooded forest in the Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge. Brian Mann/NPR hide caption

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration chief Anne Milgram speaks during a news conference in April. On Friday, the DEA announced it will strip one of the nation's largest drug distributors of its license to sell highly addictive painkillers after determining it failed to flag thousands of suspicious orders at the height of the opioid crisis. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption

Former President Donald Trump sits at the defense table with his legal team in a Manhattan court on April 4. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption

Two men smoke fentanyl in an alley in Los Angeles on April 18, 2022. The latest federal data show more than 109,000 drug deaths in 2022, many from fentanyl. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption

Critics say U.S. government training videos like this one from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention exaggerate fears of fentanyl exposure among police. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hide caption

U.S. Rep. George Santos leaves the Capitol Hill Club as members of the press follow him on Jan. 31 in Washington, D.C., amid ongoing investigations into his finances, campaign spending and false statements on the campaign trail. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption

A visitor at the Connections Museum works the kind of switchboard system that first connected American phone users. Brian Mann/NPR hide caption

New U.S. Justice Department indictments contain this image of armed gang members allegedly associated with the Chapitos network of the Sinaloa cartel. U.S. Justice Department hide caption

Dr. Rahul Gupta, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, speaks at a press conference at the Superior Council of the Judiciary in Bogota, Colombia on Aug. 23, 2022. Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption