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Dec. 20. 2022 – The Drug Enforcement Administration confiscated more than 379 million doses of fentanyl this year, the agency said, and it seized more than double the number of pills laced with the potent synthetic opioid than it seized last year.

The agency announced in a statement on Tuesday that it had confiscated more than 50.6 million fentanyl-laced fake prescription pills in 2022, as well as more than 10,000 pounds of fentanyl powder. The fake pills were made to resemble common prescription medications including Xanax and OxyContin, but were made with filler and fentanyl.

That was more than twice the number of fentanyl-laced pills than the agency confiscated in 2021, when it said it seized 20.4 million fake prescription pills.

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