CLEVELAND, Ohio — Authorities are seeing an uptick in seizures of a powerful fentanyl derivative in Ohio.
Since the beginning of 2025, analysts with the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation have discovered carfentanil in 199 items submitted to the state’s laboratory for testing, according to the attorney general’s office.
For comparison, last year, BCI scientists identified 40 samples of the drug, which is 100 times more potent than fentanyl. In 2023, the bureau identified only nine samples…