A report, Detection of Illegally Manufactured Fentanyls and Carfentanil in Drug Overdose Deaths — United States, 2021–2024, published on December 5, 2024 in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) warns of increasing drug deaths caused by carfentanil. Carfentanil is a synthetic opioid that is used primarily to tranquilize large animals such as elephants….
