Fentanyl is a potent synthetic opioid drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use as an analgesic (pain relief) and anesthetic. It is approximately 100 times more potent than morphine and 50 times more potent than heroin as an analgesic.

May 9, 2024 · Fentanyl is the nation’s greatest and most urgent drug threat. Two milligrams (mg) of fentanyl is considered a potentially fatal dose. Pills tested in DEA laboratories average 2.4 mg of fentanyl, but have ranged from 0.2 mg to as high as 9 mg.

Feb 19, 2025 · Fentanyl-Related Substances (FRS) are a deadly cocktail of synthetic drugs, laced with potentially fatal doses of fentanyl. Whether in pill or powder, even the tiniest amount of FRS is deadly. Fentanyl-related substances are controlled in schedule I of the CSA.

1 day ago · The Drug Enforcement Administration considers 2 milligrams of fentanyl, an amount that could fit on the tip of a pencil, lethal because it can put a user in a coma or cause death. Tags Bill Cassidy

1 day ago · Called the HALT Fentanyl Act, the bill would permanently place all copycat versions of fentanyl — alterations of the drug that are often sold by traffickers — on the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s list of most dangerous drugs, known as Schedule 1. The drugs had already been temporarily placed on the list since 2018, but that designation was set to expire at the end of the month.

is a program of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Diversion Control Division, which systematically collects drug identification results and associated information from drug cases submitted to and analyzed by Federal, State, and local forensic laboratories. The number of fentanyl reports received by NFLIS-Drug

As of November 2024, DEA is aware of 38 new substances that meet the definition of a fentanyl-related substance. Most of these substances were identified in isolated reports, which demonstrates the effectiveness of the chemical structure-based approach of …

Fentanyl citrate injections are administered intravenously, intramuscularly, spinally, or epidurally for potent analgesia and anesthesia.

Dec 7, 2023 · With the issuance of this final rule, the Drug Enforcement Administration places nine fentanyl-related substances, as identified in this final rule, including their isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, esters, and ethers whenever the existence of such isomers, esters, ethers, and...

1 day ago · Called the HALT Fentanyl Act, the bill would permanently place all copycat versions of fentanyl — alterations of the drug that are often sold by traffickers — on the U.S. Drug Enforcement ...