Rainbow fentanyl targets younger generation of Americans
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Brightly colored pills and powders, and colorful blocks resembling sidewalk chalk, have been seized in 18 states including West Virginia, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced earlier this week.
The pills, powders and blocks are rainbow fentanyl, colorful opioids that look more like candy than a drug. The latest form of fentanyl is being used to target a younger generation of Americans.
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So far, no rainbow fentanyl has been reported in Southwestern Pennsylvania. But within the last month, the DEA has seized large shipments of the synthetic opioid in states from California to Arizona and Washington, D.C.
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Last week, U.S. attorney William Ihlenfeld and officials from the Mon Metro Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force announced a large shipment of rainbow fentanyl had been seized in Morgantown, W.Va., in mid-August.
Ihlenfeld told media that officials believe the pills, stamped with M/30 like pharmaceutical oxycodone, arrived in Morgantown from Mexico, by way of California state.
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Russo wants to keep rainbow fentanyl out of local communities, as well. Over the last decade, fentanyl use has increased drastically nationwide.
In 2021, 107,622 Americans died of overdose. Fentanyl was responsible for 66% of those deaths, according to the DEA.
Fentanyl is 50 times more deadly than heroin, according to the DEA, which reports that drug poisonings are the leading killer of Americans ages 18 to 45.
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