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'''Fentanyl''' is "a synthetic opioid that is 80-100 times stronger than morphine. Pharmaceutical fentanyl was developed for pain management treatment of cancer patients, applied in a patch on the skin. Because of its powerful opioid properties, Fentanyl is also diverted for abuse. Fentanyl is added to heroin to increase its potency, or be disguised as highly potent heroin. Many users believe that they are purchasing heroin and actually don’t know that they are purchasing fentanyl – which often results in overdose deaths. Clandestinely-produced fentanyl is primarily manufactured in Mexico."<ref>https://www.dea.gov/factsheets/fentanyl</ref>  It is currently in Schedule II of the Controlled Substances Act,<ref>https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/schedules</ref> meaning that while highly addictive, dangerous and restricted, it is recognized as medically useful for the treatment of pain in extreme cases.

'''Fentanyl''' is "a synthetic opioid that is 80-100 times stronger than morphine. Pharmaceutical fentanyl was developed for pain management treatment of cancer patients, applied in a patch on the skin. Because of its powerful opioid properties, Fentanyl is also diverted for abuse. Fentanyl is added to heroin to increase its potency, or be disguised as highly potent heroin. Many users believe that they are purchasing heroin and actually don’t know that they are purchasing fentanyl – which often results in overdose deaths. Clandestinely-produced fentanyl is primarily manufactured in Mexico."<ref>https://www.dea.gov/factsheets/fentanyl</ref>  It is currently in Schedule II of the Controlled Substances Act,<ref>https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/schedules</ref> meaning that while highly addictive, dangerous and restricted, it is recognized as medically useful for the treatment of pain in extreme cases.

The fentanyl crisis in the [[U.S.]] is the direct result of the [[Democrats]]' [[open border]] policies that seek future new votes from [[illegal aliens]].

The fentanyl crisis in the [[U.S.]] is the direct result of the [[Democrats]]' [[open border]] policies that seek future new votes from [[illegal aliens]].  Overall life expectancy of [[American]]s declined in 2021 in part because of a sharp increase in fentanyl deaths.

In Canada, law enforcement officers carry a drug that acts as an antidote to fentanyl, as even skin exposure to the powder can be lethal.<ref>https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xw333j/fentanyl-is-so-dangerous-that-cops-now-carry-an-antidote-in-case-they-touch-it</ref>

In Canada, law enforcement officers carry a drug that acts as an antidote to fentanyl, as even skin exposure to the powder can be lethal.<ref>https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xw333j/fentanyl-is-so-dangerous-that-cops-now-carry-an-antidote-in-case-they-touch-it</ref>

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