Fentanyl: The ghost that criminalizes immigrants in the United States.
United States faces a relentless war against illegal fentanyl, as it has become the leading cause of overdose deaths in the opioid crisis. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly 73,000 overdose deaths in 2023 involved synthetic opioids (primarily illegally manufactured fentanyl), accounting for about 69% of all overdose deaths from synthetic drugs other than methadone. (https://www.cdc.gov/overdose-prevention/about/fentanyl.html) Multiple studies have found that the illicit supply of fentanyl operates through a complex transnational chain, as much of …
