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Uber’s delivery platform has become a loophole for traffickers to move illicit pills, weapons and cash with near-total anonymity.

America’s overdose death toll fell sharply in 2024, with fentanyl deaths down nearly 37 percent. But experts warn the crisis is far from over.

Cartels are no longer just trafficking drugs—they’re tapping pipelines, terrorizing truckers and selling stolen crude to US refiners in a billion-dollar criminal enterprise.

The DEA’s largest-ever fentanyl operation exposed cartel delivery networks mimicking Amazon—flooding American streets with pills disguised as prescription drugs.

The rapid growth of lethal synthetic opioids like protonitazene, mostly imported from China, is fueling a deadly epidemic amid plummeting heroin production.

As officials enable addiction, overdose deaths in British Columbia remain staggering. First Nations communities bear the brunt of the crisis—at seven times the provincial rate.

A fentanyl adulterant 10 to 20 times stronger than xylazine is sweeping the US. As medetomidine surges, users face unseen dangers with every hit.

Since their broader appearance on Europe’s illicit drug scene six years ago, nitazenes have been detected across nearly every continent, but they remain under-researched and rarely discussed. 

“An infinitesimally small amount of this poison can come in contact with a child and result in that child’s death,” says the Suffolk County DA. Authorities are outraged, but kids are dying anyway.

As much as 2,000 times stronger than heroin, synthetics are fueling an epidemic of death.