22 hours ago · The officials criticized Canada for not cracking down on fentanyl trafficking shipments. But the orders for all three countries contain the same language addressing the de minimis exemption: "For ...

4 days ago · While the quantities of fentanyl leaving Canada for the United States are minuscule — 0.2 percent of what is seized at the U.S. southern border — Mr. Anson said the Canadian border agency had ...

Aug 6, 2024 · Organized crime groups have shifted their efforts away from importing the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl and are now producing it primarily on Canadian soil.

1 day ago · President Trump is taking bold action to hold Mexico, Canada, and China accountable to their promises of halting illegal immigration and stopping poisonous fentanyl and other drugs from flowing ...

Dec 23, 2024 · With criminal networks shifting to domestic production of fentanyl and other opioids, the focus of law enforcement at Canada's borders has now shifted to the chemicals used to make the deadly...

Mar 15, 2023 · Fentanyl and Canada's opioid crisis. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine and has been a key contributor to the opioid crisis in Canada. It is prescribed to help control severe pain, especially after surgery Footnote 1.

Nov 18, 2023 · Organized crime groups in Canada are using precursor chemicals to produce the deadly drug for both the domestic market and for sales abroad, Mathieu Bertrand said in an interview with CBC's The...

Fentanyl enters the Canadian illegal drug market in 3 ways: Fentanyl is cheap for drug dealers to make into a street drug, compared to other opioids, but it is more powerful. Because only a few grains is enough to kill, fentanyl is causing high rates of overdose and overdose deaths.

Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine and has been a key contributor to the opioid crisis in Canada. It is prescribed to help control severe pain, especially after surgery.1.

Nov 1, 2024 · Fentanyl is a main ingredient in much of the toxic illicit drugs that have killed nearly 48,000 people across Canada between January 2016 and March 2024, according to the Canadian government.