From China to Mexico to Chicago -Milwaukee’s Deadliest Import: How Fentanyl Gets to Our Streets

By Jim DeLillo

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From China to Mexico to Milwaukee: The Deadly Route Supplying 100,000 U.S. Deaths a Year”

A Crisis That Won’t Let Go

Milwaukee is in the grip of a fentanyl wave unlike anything seen before. In 2024 alone, fentanyl was detected in over 80% of opioid-related overdoses across Wisconsin, with Milwaukee County recording its highest-ever number of synthetic opioid deaths.

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