During the summer, the DEA seized more than 10.2 million fentanyl pills and about 980 pounds of fentanyl powder. In 2021, 107,622 Americans died from overdoses, and the Justice Department attributes two-thirds of those deaths to synthetic opioids such as fentanyl.
Rainbow fentanyl, a term the Justice Department coined in February to describe pills sold in bright colors, has been found in 21 states.
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