Fentanyl is a potent synthetic opioid drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use as an analgesic (pain relief) and anesthetic. It is approximately 100 times more potent than …

May 9, 2024 · Fentanyl is the nation’s greatest and most urgent drug threat. Two milligrams (mg) of fentanyl is considered a potentially fatal dose. Pills tested in DEA laboratories average 2.4 …

Licit fentanyl pharmaceutical products are diverted via theft, fraudulent prescriptions, and illicit distribution by patients, physicians, nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and …

As of November 2024, DEA is aware of 38 new substances that meet the definition of a fentanyl-related substance. Most of these substances were identified in isolated reports, which …

Fentanyl citrate injections are administered intravenously, intramuscularly, spinally, or epidurally for potent analgesia and anesthesia.

May 14, 2024 · In 2023, DEA seized over 79 million fake pills containing fentanyl — a more than 33% increase from the year before. Drug traffickers are using pill presses to manufacture …

Oct 29, 2024 · In 2022, the latest data available, fentanyl was involved in 68% of fatal accidental drug overdoses in the US. According to the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), …

is a program of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Diversion Control Division, which systematically collects drug identification results and associated information from drug cases …

Sep 27, 2022 · The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced today the results of an enforcement operation that spanned from May to …

Established in 1997, the National Forensic Laboratory Information System (NFLIS) is a program of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Diversion Control Division. The DEA's NFLIS …