3 days ago · While the quantities of fentanyl leaving Canada for the United States are minuscule — 0.2 percent of what is seized at the U.S. southern border — Mr. Anson said the Canadian border agency had ...

4 days ago · The proposed changes would strengthen Canada's current regulatory framework. January 30, 2025 | Ottawa, Ontario | Health Canada. The Government of Canada is concerned with the impact of fentanyl, and other illegal synthetic drugs on the overdose crisis and on public safety, including security challenges associated with their illegal production, importation, trafficking, and related crimes.

Aug 6, 2024 · Organized crime groups have shifted their efforts away from importing the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl and are now producing it primarily on Canadian soil.

Dec 23, 2024 · With criminal networks shifting to domestic production of fentanyl and other opioids, the focus of law enforcement at Canada's borders has now shifted to the chemicals used to make the deadly...

Jan 17, 2025 · Meanwhile, some of the chemicals used to make the powerful opiate fentanyl in Canada come via the U.S. and Mexico, the RCMP says. Updated Jan. 24, 2025 at 3:17 p.m. Jan. 17, 2025.

Nov 1, 2024 · Fentanyl is a main ingredient in much of the toxic illicit drugs that have killed nearly 48,000 people across Canada between January 2016 and March 2024, according to the Canadian government.

Jan 24, 2025 · A total of 99 Canadian criminal organizations were involved in fentanyl production in 2024, up from 51 the previous year, the Criminal Intelligence Service of Canada says.

Nov 18, 2023 · Organized crime groups in Canada are using precursor chemicals to produce the deadly drug for both the domestic market and for sales abroad, Mathieu Bertrand said in an interview with CBC's The...

Mar 15, 2023 · The aim of this spotlight report is to characterize trends in Fentanyl identifications across Canada since 2012 and draw a more comprehensive picture of Fentanyl in Canada based on exhibits seized and submitted to DAS for analysis by law enforcement agencies.

Jun 5, 2023 · This toxic drug supply is contaminated with illegally produced, highly potent opioids, such as fentanyl, with nearly 75% of accidental apparent opioid toxicity deaths in Canada since 2017 involving fentanyl or fentanyl-related substances.