More than 5 million doses of fentanyl that were being circulated illegally on the streets of the country have been seized by the Australian Border Force (ABF). Hidden inside an industrial wooden lathe, the opioids were found in a shipment arriving from Canada in Melbourne in December 2021.

Australian police seizes country's largest shipment of opioid

With easy availability, Fentanyl overdose is a major concern in the US. Social media is being used to crack drug deals as agencies try to control the menace.

Fentanyl overdose major concern in the US, easy availability causes alarm

Fentanyl overdose major concern in the US as its easy availability causes an alarm

US deaths from drug overdoses surged to a record 93,000 during 2020, driven largely by rising opioid use during the pandemic, official data showed Wednesday. A provisional count from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Vital Statistics System showed 93,331 deaths for the 12 months ending December 2020, an all-time high, and up 29.

US drug overdose deaths surged to record 93,000 in 2020

A senior White House official on Thursday said that he believed China was "absolutely committed" to cooperating with the United States to curb illicit fentanyl, a drug which has played a major role in the US opioid crisis.

China committed to curbing fentanyl circulation: US official Jim Carroll

China on Tuesday denied it was to blame for fentanyl deaths in the United States after President Donald Trump accused Beijing of reneging on its promise to crack down on the opioid.

Trump's conclusion on fentanyl deaths in US is groundless: China

China announced Monday it will launch a crackdown on all fentanyl-like substances from May 1 following US pleas for Beijing to control a drug fuelling a deadly opioid crisis.

China lists fentanyl as controlled substance in US gesture

Prince's heirs said the Illinois hospital, and the pharmacy chain Walgreens could have prevented the singer's 2016 death if they had properly diagnosed and treated his overdose days earlier, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported on Monday

Prince heirs sue hospital, pharmacy chain over singer's death: Report

When made into counterfeit pills, users don't always know they're taking fentanyl, increasing the risk of fatal overdose

Pills found at Prince's estate contained fentanyl: Investigator

At least 207,000 deaths globally were drug-related in 2014, with heroin use and overdose-related deaths increased in last two years

Heroin use at 20-year high in U.S. drug "epidemic", U.N. says

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