Rainbow fentanyl

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension confirmed that 'rainbow' fentanyl pills found in Mankato last week were the first ever seized in Minnesota.

“They’re bright colors and they might not look as dangerous. “These pills are extremely dangerous no matter what color they are, and they can easily kill several people with just one pill,” Minnesota River Valley Drug Task Force Lt. “They were at his apartment.

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“Fentanyl is being mixed into counterfeit substances purported to be non-opioids, further increasing the risk and likelihood of overdosing by unsuspecting users.” Fentanyl available in the United States is primarily supplied by two criminal drug networks, the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). “Rainbow fentanyl — fentanyl pills and powder that come in a variety of bright colors, shapes, and sizes — is a deliberate effort by drug traffickers to drive addiction amongst kids and young adults,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram. Just two milligrams of fentanyl, which is equal to 10-15 grains of table salt, is considered a lethal dose. In August 2022, DEA and our law enforcement partners seized brightly-colored fentanyl and fentanyl pills in at least 21 states including Georgia, Michigan, Arizona, Oregon, Alaska, and Idaho. “Raising awareness of this issue is an important step toward reducing the risk.”

The Drug Enforcement Administration is warning the public of an alarming trend: colorful fentanyl tablets that look like candy.

“In fact, four out of ten pills that we are seizing contain a deadly dose of fentanyl.” They are constantly trying to find new ways to addict Americans.” Rainbow fentanyl has already been spotted in New England, said Jon Delena, Deputy Special Agent in charge of DEA New England Field Division.

Law enforcement in Mankato recently discovered a new form of fentanyl at the scene of a shooting and are warning the public about the new look of the drug.

She had to be Narcan-ed back to life at the ER because it was a fentanyl pill,” Volz explained. It’s a wide range of people and a wide range of races,” said Capt. Experts say, however, that the scariest part is that taking the drug is like playing Russian roulette. “This stuff is happening everywhere and it’s very prevalent in Rochester,” said Tim Volz, a licensed professional clinical counselor at the Resilience Center in Rochester. According to Capt. “There is no one specific age group of people that it’s crushing.

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Colorful tablets being distributed by drug traffickers might look like candy, but they're actually known as “rainbow fentanyl.”.

“What’s dangerous about that now is all these things are pressed with fentanyl. I just need something, and they can easily get it through Snapchat,” says Hans. We’re trying to fight a forest fire with a fire extinguisher. “It is very normal if things are going on in your life, that you think you need a pill to fix, when you really need a conversation,” says Hans. “We talk about it in law enforcement all the time. “If you get a pill off the street now, you can almost bet -- 99 percent sure it’s going to be fentanyl,” says Crowder.