CINCINNATI —

A dangerous drug believed to be about 100 times more potent than fentanyl is being seized at an increased rate in Ohio.

According to Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is reporting a continued rise in drug seizures involving carfentanil and other deadly synthetic opioids. Advertisement

So far in 2025, BCI forensic scientists have identified carfentanil in 199 items that were submitted to the bureau’s laboratory for testing.

A deadly synthetic opioid, carfentanil is about 100 times more potent than fentanyl and about 10,000 times more potent than morphine, according to Yost.

Carfentanil is not approved for human use and has been used by veterinarians to anesthetize elephants and other large animals.

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