The CDC warns of a resurgence of carfentanil, a synthetic opioid 10,000 times stronger than morphine. Overdose deaths ...

Carfentanil, a potent variant of fentanyl, is 100 times stronger and is linked to a surge in overdose deaths. The CDC ...

Only 2 milligrams of the drug – roughly one 50th the size of a pinch of salt – is enough to result in permanent brain damage ...

Fentanyl has made headlines for driving overdose deaths, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning of the ...

Last year, nearly 70% of all U.S. overdose deaths were attributed to illegally manufactured fentanyls (IMFs). One of those was carfentanil, which is said to be 100 times more potent, the CDC ...

While fentanyl is a deadly drug booming in the nation's illegal drug market, the CDC is sounding the alarm on something more powerful than that.

The CDC issued a warning over carfentanil which is 100x deadlier than fentanyl after its first spike in related overdose deaths since 2016.

A more potent form of fentanyl is contributing to the thousands of overdose deaths that happen every year, health officials warn. An extremely powerful derivative of fentanyl, called carfentanil, ...

The CDC issues a warning about a dangerous drug 100 times more stronger than fentanyl.

The drug, called carfentanil, is a derivative of fentanyl that was designed to tranquilize elephants, and is the most potent commercial opioid on the market. There were 513 overdoses from ...

The CDC reported a sevenfold increase in overdose deaths with carfentanil, from 29 deaths during January-June 2023 to 238 ...

An extremely powerful derivative of fentanyl, called carfentanil, was detected in 513 overdose deaths between 2021 and early 2024, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and ...