El fentanilo es un potente fármaco opiáceo sintético aprobado por la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos para uso como analgésico (alivio del dolor) y anestésico. Es aproximadamente 100 veces más potente que la morfina y 50 veces más potente que la heroína como analgésico.

La oxicodona es un analgésico narcótico semisintético e históricamente ha sido una droga de abuso popular entre la población que abusa de los narcóticos.

La DEA está observando un repunte en todo el país de sucesos de sobredosis masivas relacionados con el fentanilo que implican tres o más sobredosis que ocurren cerca en el tiempo en el mismo lugar. Solo en los dos últimos meses, al menos 7 eventos confirmados de sobredosis masiva en...

DEA Administrator Anne Milgram's statement on a potential mass fentanyl poisoning event in Gadsden County, Florida on July 2, 2022.

The DEA is seeing a nationwide spike in fentanyl-related mass-overdose events involving three or more overdoses occurring close in time at the same location. In just the past two months, there have been at least 7 confirmed mass overdose events across the United States resulting in 58 overdoses and 29...

DEA’s mission is to keep American communities safe and healthy and we are in the midst of an overdose crisis that has reached a devastating new height. 265 people die every day from drug overdoses. Countless more [people] overdose and are fortunate to survive. This is a national crisis. It...

Due to the efforts of DEA and our partners, from January 2017 through August 2020, we have seen the number of opioid prescriptions drop nearly 37 percent, a reduction in over 47 percent of opioids dispensed, and most importantly -- an 18 percent drop in prescription overdose deaths over the...

Methadone is a synthetic (man-made) narcotic, prescribed as Methadose® and Dolphine®. Methadone is available as a tablet, oral solution, or injectable liquid. As of January 1, 2008, manufacturers of methadone hydrochloride tablets 40 mg (dispersible) have voluntarily agreed to restrict distribution of this formulation to only those facilities authorized for...