Dea Warns Of Emerging Trend Of Using Brightly Colored Fentanyl To Lure Youth

The drugs, made to look like candy, come in a variety of forms, including “pills, powders and blocks that resemble sidewalk chalk,” the DEA said.
“Rainbow fentanyl – fentanyl pills and powder that come in a variety of bright colors, shapes and sizes – is a deliberate attempt by drug dealers to drive addiction among children and young adults,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram. An image of the so-called “rainbow fentanyl” pills. Directorate of Narcotics Prosecution Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, can be 50 times more powerful than heroin and 100 times more powerful than morphine, according to the DEA. Fentanyl was developed as a pain management treatment for cancer patients, but has become a widely used street drug linked to thousands of overdose deaths. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were more than 107,000 drug overdose deaths in the US in 2021, with synthetic opioids accounting for about 71,000 of them. Earlier this month, Milgram told “CBS Mornings” that two Mexican cartels are believed to be responsible for the flow of fentanyl into the US.
“It’s artificial,” Milgram said in the August 19 interview. “So it’s important to know that there’s an unlimited amount that these two cartels can do. All they need is precursor chemicals that they buy from China, from these Chinese chemical companies, they bring it to Mexico and they synthesize huge amounts.” In July, authorities discovered half a ton of fentanyl in a warehouse in Culiacan, Mexico, in what may have been the largest fentanyl seizure in history. It had an estimated street value of $230 million.

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The drugs, made to look like candy, come in a variety of forms, including “pills, powders and blocks that resemble sidewalk chalk,” the DEA said.
“Rainbow fentanyl – fentanyl pills and powder that come in a variety of bright colors, shapes and sizes – is a deliberate attempt by drug dealers to drive addiction among children and young adults,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram. An image of the so-called “rainbow fentanyl” pills. Directorate of Narcotics Prosecution Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, can be 50 times more powerful than heroin and 100 times more powerful than morphine, according to the DEA. Fentanyl was developed as a pain management treatment for cancer patients, but has become a widely used street drug linked to thousands of overdose deaths. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were more than 107,000 drug overdose deaths in the US in 2021, with synthetic opioids accounting for about 71,000 of them. Earlier this month, Milgram told “CBS Mornings” that two Mexican cartels are believed to be responsible for the flow of fentanyl into the US.
“It’s artificial,” Milgram said in the August 19 interview. “So it’s important to know that there’s an unlimited amount that these two cartels can do. All they need is precursor chemicals that they buy from China, from these Chinese chemical companies, they bring it to Mexico and they synthesize huge amounts.” In July, authorities discovered half a ton of fentanyl in a warehouse in Culiacan, Mexico, in what may have been the largest fentanyl seizure in history. It had an estimated street value of $230 million.

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The drugs, made to look like candy, come in a variety of forms, including “pills, powders and blocks that resemble sidewalk chalk,” the DEA said.
“Rainbow fentanyl – fentanyl pills and powder that come in a variety of bright colors, shapes and sizes – is a deliberate attempt by drug dealers to drive addiction among children and young adults,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram. An image of the so-called “rainbow fentanyl” pills. Directorate of Narcotics Prosecution Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, can be 50 times more powerful than heroin and 100 times more powerful than morphine, according to the DEA. Fentanyl was developed as a pain management treatment for cancer patients, but has become a widely used street drug linked to thousands of overdose deaths. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were more than 107,000 drug overdose deaths in the US in 2021, with synthetic opioids accounting for about 71,000 of them. Earlier this month, Milgram told “CBS Mornings” that two Mexican cartels are believed to be responsible for the flow of fentanyl into the US.
“It’s artificial,” Milgram said in the August 19 interview. “So it’s important to know that there’s an unlimited amount that these two cartels can do. All they need is precursor chemicals that they buy from China, from these Chinese chemical companies, they bring it to Mexico and they synthesize huge amounts.” In July, authorities discovered half a ton of fentanyl in a warehouse in Culiacan, Mexico, in what may have been the largest fentanyl seizure in history. It had an estimated street value of $230 million.

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The drugs, made to look like candy, come in a variety of forms, including “pills, powders and blocks that resemble sidewalk chalk,” the DEA said.
“Rainbow fentanyl – fentanyl pills and powder that come in a variety of bright colors, shapes and sizes – is a deliberate attempt by drug dealers to drive addiction among children and young adults,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram. An image of the so-called “rainbow fentanyl” pills. Directorate of Narcotics Prosecution Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, can be 50 times more powerful than heroin and 100 times more powerful than morphine, according to the DEA. Fentanyl was developed as a pain management treatment for cancer patients, but has become a widely used street drug linked to thousands of overdose deaths. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were more than 107,000 drug overdose deaths in the US in 2021, with synthetic opioids accounting for about 71,000 of them. Earlier this month, Milgram told “CBS Mornings” that two Mexican cartels are believed to be responsible for the flow of fentanyl into the US.
“It’s artificial,” Milgram said in the August 19 interview. “So it’s important to know that there’s an unlimited amount that these two cartels can do. All they need is precursor chemicals that they buy from China, from these Chinese chemical companies, they bring it to Mexico and they synthesize huge amounts.” In July, authorities discovered half a ton of fentanyl in a warehouse in Culiacan, Mexico, in what may have been the largest fentanyl seizure in history. It had an estimated street value of $230 million.

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