Fentanyl Overdose Crisis Dire
The lethal opiate fentanyl has poured into the United States at astounding rates, with seizures by law enforcement in 2022 expected to surpass those in 2021, indicating that the country is far from its goal of beating the overdose epidemic and that the crisis is instead growing worse.
Fentanyl is a synthetic opiate up to 100 times stronger than morphine and 50 times stronger than heroin. An infinitesimal dose can prove fatal, and drug users are often misled to believe the …