Commentary: Congress, don't allow the ban on fentanyl-like drugs to expire
by John R. Lausch Jr., Chicago Tribune
Jan 14, 2020
3 minutes
In 2018 alone, nearly 32,000 American men, women and children fatally overdosed on a synthetic opioid. One of the deadliest synthetic opioids is fentanyl, which is helping to drive our nation's opioid crisis.
Fentanyl is 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine. There are also countless types of fentanyl analogues, which are similar in chemical structure to fentanyl, but can be even more potent. Carfentanil, the most powerful fentanyl
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