Counterfeit drugs shipped from China and routed through Canada and Mexico are increasingly being intercepted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Among them is fentanyl, a synthetic opioid and one of the most dangerous and deadliest drugs on the streets.

Fentanyl pops up as standalone or mixed, illegally sold as the source of an illicit high or even blended into pills without the user’s knowledge.

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