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China Tightens Fentanyl Controls in Goodwill Gesture to Trump • June 23, 2025, 6:04 AM ET (Bloomberg.com)

It's 'the largest seizure of fentanyl in OPP history,' commissioner says after Project Golden drug bust • June 11, 2025, 2:55 AM ET (CBC)

OPP seizes 43.5 kg of fentanyl in what police call record-breaking drug bust • June 11, 2025, 2:55 AM ET (CBC)

Fentanyl remains cheap and plentiful despite White House claims, say American Indigenous groups • June 8, 2025, 11:33 PM ET (Globe and Mail)

Controversial safer supply clinic closing its doors next week • June 5, 2025, 8:25 AM ET (CBC)

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Also Known As	n-(1-phenethyl-4-piperidyl)propionanilide

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