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Fentanyl is being mixed in with other illicit drugs to increase the potency of the drug, sold as powders and nasal sprays, and increasingly pressed into pills ...

Pill Form. Drug cartels also use fentanyl to manufacture fake prescription pills that resemble commonly prescribed opioids such as Oxycodone and Percocet and ...

Jun 6, 2025 — 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 ...

Apr 22, 2024 — About fentanyl, an opioid, short-term and long-term mental and physical effects, risks, addiction, withdrawal, overdose risk and use of ...

Oct 27, 2025 — Wisconsin's opioid epidemic began more than 20 years ago. It started with the overprescribing of prescription pain relievers.

Mar 18, 2024 — A Yale Medicine addiction medicine specialist discusses how the synthetic opioid became a problem. man holding fentanyl. OxyContin contributed ...

Clandestinely produced fentanyl is usually a powder added into other drugs (cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine even marijuana) or pressed into counterfeit pills ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (Oct. 16, 2025) — The spread of illegally manufactured fentanyl radically reduced the costs of manufacturing illegal opioids, contributing to a ...

Fentanyl analogs are illicit—and often deadly—alterations of the medically prescribed drug fentanyl. The analogs have similar chemical structure, and they ...

Apr 2, 2024 — Fentanyl test strips (FTS) are a low-cost harm reduction tool that can be used to prevent overdoses in combination with other strategies.

by JP Caulkins · 2025 — It has also changed the production function for drug traffickers, most notably by radically reducing raw materials costs for those producing illegal opio

Fentanyl is a man-made opioid that's many times stronger than morphine or heroin. Because it is so strong and so addictive, it's being added to heroin, fake ...

Jun 6, 2025 — Understanding fentanyl, an opioid prescribed for chronic pain, its forms, usage, effects, and risks. Also covers illicit use and harm ...

Reading or hearing stories about the opioid crisis, overdoses and deaths can be scary. It's important to know that accidental opioid overdoses are dangerous, ...

Synthetic opioids, including fentanyl and fentanyl analogs, are now the most common drugs involved in drug overdose deaths in Maryland and across the United ...

It's up to 100 times stronger than other opioids like morphine, heroin, or oxycodone. Drug dealers often sell fentanyl as fake oxycodone. Buyers may think they' ...

May 7, 2024 — When a man died of a drug overdose in Colorado, it took time to figure out which drug. Because it wasn't fentanyl but another opioid called ...

Dec 16, 2024 — Heroin and fentanyl are both opioid drugs that bind to opioid receptors in the brain, reducing pain sensations and elevating pleasure and relaxation.

by JP Caulkins · 2021 · Cited by 26 — In North America, wholesale prices for cannabis and opioids – in the form of illegally manufactured fentanyl and other new synthetic opi