TheUnitedStatesDrugEnforcementAdministrationhasfoundcounterfeitpillscontainingmorethantwicethelethaldoseoftwomilligrams, with 42% ofthepillstestedcontainingatleasttwomilligramsoffentanyl.
Andsinceit's sopotent, drugdealersaremixingfentanylwithotherdrugsas a cost-effectivewaytoproduce a high, addingtoanalreadyalarmingnumberoffentanyl-relateddeaths.
In 2021, over 70,000 peopleintheUnitedStatesoverdosedonfentanyl, andthemajorityofoverdosesinvolvingheroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, andbenzodiazepineswereincombinationwithfentanyl.