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Fentanyl Awareness - DEA.gov

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has created a special exhibit, The Faces of Fentanyl, to commemorate the lives lost from fentanyl poisoning.

DEA Reports Widespread Threat of Fentanyl Mixed with Xylazine

Xylazine, also known as “Tranq,” is a powerful sedative that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved for veterinary use. “Xylazine is making the ...

Fentanyl | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid analgesic that is similar to morphine but is 50 to 100 times more potent. It is a Schedule II ...

Why Is Fentanyl Driving Overdose Deaths? > News > Yale Medicine

Drug dealers are increasingly mixing fentanyl into all kinds of drugs, including heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamines. They also put it in fake ...

Fentanyl - DEA.gov

Fentanyl is a potent synthetic opioid drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use as an analgesic (pain relief) and anesthetic.

Drop in U.S. overdose deaths accelerates as fentanyl crisis eases

A new CDC report shows at least 16000 lives were saved over a 12-month period. Experts say the U.S. is experiencing the biggest drop in ...

What makes fentanyl so dangerous and... (CNN News) - NCBI

Our expert explains | CNN. Synthetic opioids, primarily the powerful drug fentanyl, are the main driver of sky-high overdose deaths in the US. CNN Medical ...

Fentanyl Trafficker Who Distributed Lethally Potent Doses in the ...

WASHINGTON – Mynor Josue Fernandez Alfaro, 24, of Dundalk, Maryland, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 63 months in federal ...

Fentanyl | Homeland Security

Ltd., its director and three senior employees in U.S. federal court Nov. 7, for allegedly selling fentanyl precursor chemicals and xylazine — known as “tranq” — ...

U.S. overdose deaths plummet, saving thousands of lives - NPR

After decades of devastating increases driven by fentanyl and other toxic street drugs, overdose deaths are dropping sharply in much of the ...

Stories | DEA.gov

The US Drug Enforcement Administration is committed to using every tool at its disposal to help fight the drug poisoning and overdose crisis facing America ...

fentanyl | PBS News

Fentanyl overdoses have become a leading cause of death for minors and social media, where tainted, fake prescription drugs can be obtained with just a few ...

Fentanyl - BBC News

All the latest content about Fentanyl from the BBC.

Gregg County woman sentenced for distributing deadly fentanyl

TYLER, Texas – A Longview woman has been sentenced to federal prison for distributing fentanyl resulting in death in the Eastern District of ...

Fentanyl – News, Research and Analysis - The Conversation

Cocaine and other illicit drugs have been found to be contain nitazenes, a dangerous class of synthetic opioids.

U.S. "losing a generation" to deadly fentanyl, DEA head says

Fentanyl, which is often hidden in counterfeit pills, is fueling the worst drug crisis in U.S. history. Last year the synthetic opioid ...

Fact Sheet: President's State of the Union Highlights DHS Efforts on ...

Updated data from Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continues to show the Department is on the frontlines combating illicit opioids, ...

Dangers of Fentanyl - Riverside County District Attorney

Riverside County District Attorney's Office is committed to prosecuting fentanyl-related homicide cases. In 2023, we achieved a guilty verdict in the ...

Fentanyl as a Chemical Weapon

Fentanyl is a major topic in the news these days because of its significant contribution to the ongoing opioid epidemic in the United States.

Syringe program user survey shows 'stunning' fentanyl surge

In Washington state, 42% of respondents said they had used the dangerous opioid in the previous 3 months.