Following a distressing surge in fentanyl overdoses, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland and the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Washington Division have come together to form a new task force aimed at addressing this crisis. According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Maryland Fatal Fentanyl Overdose Task Force (MFFOTF) has been established in response to over 2,000 deaths recorded from July 2023 through June 2024, with the majority attributed to the synthetic opioid.