Amount of fentanyl seized in US this year ‘enough to kill every American’
DEA says more than 379m deadly doses of opioid with strength from one-and-a-half to 50 times stronger than heroin were seized
The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has said it seized enough fentanyl in 2022 to kill every person in America.
In a statement on Tuesday, the DEA said it had seized 50.6m fentanyl-laced fake prescription pills and more than 10,000lb of fentanyl powder this year – seizures that in total represent more than 379m deadly doses.
