DEA seized enough fentanyl to kill every person in the U.S.
New numbers from the DEA shed light on just how far the opioid epidemic reaches in the United States. The DEA has seized enough fentanyl this year to kill every single person in the U.S.
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As the U.S. deals with its deadliest overdose crisis to date, a national crime-prevention group is calling on the Justice Department to clamp down on social media’s role in the spread of fentanyl, the drug largely driving a troubling spike in overdose deaths among teenagers.
The Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation seized about 1,600 “dosage units” of fentanyl in 2020. In just the first three quarters of 2022, they found 13,500.
