The New York Times (12/20, Diaz) reports, “The Drug Enforcement Administration confiscated more than 379 million doses of fentanyl this year, the agency said, and it seized more than double the number of pills laced with the potent synthetic opioid than it seized last year.” In a Tuesday statement, the DEA “announced…that it had confiscated more than 50.6 million fentanyl-laced fake prescription pills in 2022, as well as more than 10,000 pounds of fentanyl powder.”
The Washington Post (12/20, Miroff) reports “more than 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses” in 2021, and “two-thirds of those deaths were caused by fentanyl, according to U.S. public health data.”
Related Links:
— “U.S. Drug Agency Doubles Its Catch of Fentanyl-Laced Pills in 2022 “Johnny Diaz, The New York Times, December 20, 2022