Facing Fentanyl is urging Congress and President Joe Biden to do more to combat the production of illicit fentanyl.

Counterfeit drugs are the most dangerous aspect of the fentanyl crisis affecting youth. Kids might buy what they believe is a regular drug when it is actually laced with or made from fentanyl.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has called the fentanyl epidemic the United States’ “own problem” and has cast the U.S. tariffs as “blackmail.”

President Donald Trump orders fentanyl to be classified as a weapon of mass destruction. Meanwhile, he says his lawsuit against the BBC is likely to be filed within the next 24 hours. What impact will the order against fentanyl have?

"The fentanyl crisis is particularly egregious because fentanyl is so lethal—it's lethal in Canada and it's lethal in the United States."

The man likely to be named the United States' chief trade negotiator argued Thursday that President Donald Trump's tariff threat against Canada is about fentanyl trafficking.

In one building, law enforcement found 800 kilograms (1,763 pounds) of fentanyl, some precursor chemicals, and four vehicles.

In one building, law enforcement found 800 kilograms of fentanyl, some precursor chemicals and four vehicles. In the other, they discovered 11 packages totaling about 300 kilos of fentanyl, as well as precursors, scales and industrial mixers.

Most recent cases of fentanyl-related overdose are linked to illegally-made fentanyl, according to the CDC. From NTD News

Distribution networks are typically concentrated in large cities that serve as hubs for the production of fentanyl and the importation of precursors, essential chemicals and finished fentanyl, the alert says.

Los Angeles County authorities on March 11 announced a major drug bust that resulted in three arrests and the seizure of 50 pounds of fentanyl. The fentanyl haul was more than the total seized at the U.S.

This resulted in Beijing putting several key fentanyl precursors on a control list.

Shaheen said the United States should “use every tool at our disposal to cut off the flow of fentanyl.”

Matt Capelouto’s daughter Alexandra was poisoned by a counterfeit pharmaceutical pill laced with fentanyl in December 2019, a tragedy that spurred his family to become advocates for ending the fentanyl crisis.

The House Rules Committee holds a meeting on the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act at 4:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 4.

The Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party's Fentanyl Policy Working Group holds its final meeting at 2 p.m. ET on Dec. 17.

ET on March 27 to consider the following legislation: S.860 – "Break Up Suspicious Transactions of Fentanyl Act” or the “BUST FENTANYL Act” S.868 – "Mobilizing and Enhancing Georgia’s Options for Building Accountability, Resilience, and Independence

"China + Fentanyl = Death," read a sign waved by many during the rally. A woman holds a sign reading "China + Fentanyl = Death" during the "Lost Voices of Fentanyl" Rally in Washington, on July 13, 2024. (Joseph Lord/The Epoch Times) Ms.

Four Ontario men are facing charges after London police seized $2.7 million worth of fentanyl, and shut down a home drug production facility. It was the largest fentanyl seizure in the history of the London police service.

In its legal prescription form, fentanyl is a highly effective painkiller.

Drug Enforcement Administration, just 2 mg of fentanyl can be lethal depending on a person’s size, tolerance, and past use of the drug.

They said a half dose of naloxone with compound 368 “was strong enough to counter fentanyl.” Of the estimated 218,572 overdose deaths recorded nationwide by the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, 150,928 were from fentanyl.

There are 235 criminal organizations engaged in fentanyl-related activities, with 35 of these groups participating in the export of domestically manufactured drugs like fentanyl and methamphetamine, according to the report.

He is alleged to have distributed fentanyl on three separate occasions. The indictment charges Marin-Gonzales with distributing at least 40 grams of fentanyl overall.

The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party established a fentanyl policy working group in June to raise awareness of the role of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the U.S. fentanyl crisis and come up with legislation to confront the

–China agreement to slow fentanyl flow into the United States as a major achievement.

Fentanyl now accounts for the largest number of drug overdose deaths in the state. But it is not Oregon’s only drug problem.

Canadian border officials told members of Parliament Thursday that Canada is not a significant source of fentanyl headed into the United States.

Sentencing Commission, “five fentanyl analogues: carfentanil, furanyl fentanyl, acetyl fentanyl, 4-fluoroisobutyryl fentanyl (or para-fluoroisobutyryl fentanyl), and cyclopropyl fentanyl accounted for 76.4 percent of the fentanyl analogues trafficked

Nitazenes were developed and tested in the 1950s by pharmaceutical companies but, unlike fentanyl, did not proceed to therapeutic use due to their poor safety profile.