USA. Fentanyl is so potent doctors don’t know how to fight it In 2002, Chechen terrorists took 800 people hostage in Moscow Theater, and Russian special forces devised a peculiar way to subdue them. The tactical team gassed the theater with t…

Recommended Methods for the Identification and Analysis of Fentanyl and its Analogues in Biological Specimens MANUAL FOR USE BY NATIONAL DRUG ANALYSIS LABORATORIEs UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME, Vienna, Laboratory and Scientific Section…

Report on the risk assessment of N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)piperidin-4-yl]furan-2-carboxamide (furanylfentanyl) in the framework of the Council Decision on new psychoactive substances This publication presents the data and findings of the risk…

Report on the risk assessment of N-(1‑phenethylpiperidin-4-yl)-N-phenylacrylamide (acryloylfentanyl) in the framework of the Council Decision on new psychoactive substances This publication presents the data and findings of the risk assessment on…

USA. Skyrocketing fentanyl seizures illustrate its growing contribution to opioid crisis  U.S. border patrol agents snagged about two pounds of fentanyl in 2013. This year, they seized nearly 1,500 pounds of the deadly substance. Fentanyl, a…

Australien. Fentanyl crisis: Figures show 1,800pc rise in overdose deaths from potent painkiller Deaths from the potent prescription drug fentanyl have rapidly increased in Australia, with a senior doctor calling the trend a "national emergency". (…