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Teens, health experts and law enforcement talked openly about fentanyl's impact and what the community can do to fight back.
Since 2018, fentanyl has been rescheduled temporarily as a Schedule I drug. The bill would also allow medical researchers to take fentanyl analogs and use them for research.
Canada’s fentanyl czar says the fight against the deadly opioid would get a boost from proposed new tools for law enforcement in the Liberal government’s recently tabled border bill. Kevin ...
Fentanyl is also highly addictive, and its potency makes it more toxic. A 2-milligram dose of fentanyl is considered fatal. By comparison, a pinch of salt weighs between 300 and 500 milligrams.
The new bill creates a new crime of involuntary manslaughter for knowingly manufacturing, selling, or distributing drugs that contain fentanyl, the sale of which results in another person’s death.
The HALT Fentanyl Act makes permanent a 2018 emergency rule that classifies knockoffs of fentanyl as Schedule I controlled substances, which results in harsher sentences for possession of the drug ...
Fentanyl itself is classified as a Schedule II drug, which the DEA designates as having “a high potential for abuse.” Schedule II substances include cocaine, methamphetamine, oxycodone and ...
Fentanyl-related deaths dropped from 1,184 in December 2023 to 801 in November 2024, a 32.4% reduction, but still well above death rates prior to 2020.