fentanyl trafficking
Illicit painkiller distribution
Fentanyl trafficking is the illegal manufacture, transport, and distribution of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid roughly fifty times more potent than heroin.
The term dominates news coverage of drug enforcement, particularly regarding shipments from Mexico and China: Federal agents arrested twelve people in connection with fentanyl trafficking.
The crime typically carries severe penalties due to the drug's lethality.
- cartelPrice-fixing coalition
- opioid epidemicMass addiction to painkillers
- smuggling routesPaths for illegal transport
- supply chainProduct delivery infrastructure
- harm reductionMinimizing adverse outcomes pragmatically
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Efforts to stop fatal ingestion
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Stopping illegal substance trafficking
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