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Synthetic Opioids

Fentanyl Production Fentanyl Fentanyl Distribution Carfentanil Counterfeit Drugs Fentanyl Smuggling Cychlorphine Fentanyl Precursors Fentanyl Trade Nitazenes in the UK

Highly Potent Synthetic Opioid Cychlorphine Detected in Ohio, Kentucky and Chicago

Standard fentanyl test strips often fail to find cychlorphine, raising the risk that overdoses will require multiple naloxone doses.

China Imposes Export Controls on Fentanyl Precursors to U.S., Canada and Mexico

U.S. Overdose Deaths Fell 14% in 2025, Third Straight Annual Decline

New Super-Potent Opioid Tied to 41 Tennessee Deaths Spreads Across U.S. and Canada

Hubei Announces Fentanyl-Precursor Crackdown With 7 Arrested, Over 200 Websites Closed

DEA Launches 'Fentanyl Free America' After Seizing 45 Million Pills Nationwide

DEA Seizes 628,000 Carfentanil Pills in Los Angeles County Operation

China Imposes Immediate Licensing on 13 Fentanyl Precursors for U.S., Mexico, Canada

China Tightens Fentanyl-Precursor Exports After Unannounced FBI Visit as U.S. Halves Tariffs

China Activates One-Year U.S. Trade Truce With Tariff Pause and New Fentanyl-Precursor Licenses

Ohio Flags Sharp Rise in Carfentanil Detections Across 46 Counties

Fentanyl Crisis Triggers New Warnings and Probes of Overdose Clusters

China Agrees to Control Fentanyl Precursors From July 20

Hannover Joins Berlin and Essen in Federal Push to Combat Fentanyl Crisis

Germany Faces Rising Threat from Potent Synthetic Opioids

Senate Advances HALT Fentanyl Act to Combat Synthetic Opioid Crisis

Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze Halts Key Anti-Fentanyl Efforts in Mexico

Former Police Union Director Pleads Guilty to Opioid Smuggling

US and China Deepen Cooperation Against Fentanyl Crisis

UK Introduces Strict Measures Against Deadly Nitazenes, Synthetic Opioids More Potent Than Fentanyl