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Image of testing strip instructions from the harm reduction organization Dance Safe. Fentanyl and fentanyl analogues can be qualitatively detected in drug samples using commercially available fentanyl testing strips or spot reagents. Following the principles of harm reduction, this test is to be used directly on drug samples as opposed to urine.
In the first 10 months of 2024, the Canadian border service reported seizing 10.8lb (4.9kg) of fentanyl entering from the US, while US Border Patrol intercepted 32.1lb (14.6kg) of fentanyl coming ...
Fentanyl is still involved in most cases, but the latest data shows that annual deaths are down 22% compared with a year earlier. There were about 58,000 deaths involving synthetic opioids in the ...
Fentanyl was found in 18 dolphin samples — including the blubber of all six dead mammals — making more than 20%, according to the study.. A third of those tested had some form of human-made ...
The small amounts of fentanyl in any shipment — the drug is 50 times more potent than heroin — and its lack of odor, make detection and seizures extremely challenging. Fentanyl is also made in Canada and smuggled into the U.S., but to a much lesser extent.
Fentanyl analogs have killed thousands of people throughout the world since the most recent resurgence in use began in Estonia in the early 2000s, and novel derivatives continue to appear. [3] A new wave of fentanyl analogues and associated deaths began in around 2014 in the US, and have continued to grow in prevalence; especially since 2016 ...
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Of the 4,537 pounds of fentanyl seized by US border authorities during that period, 10 pounds, about 0.2%, were seized at the Canadian border, while 4,409 pounds, about 97.2%, were seized at the ...