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Fentanyl

A powerful synthetic opioid drug, much stronger than morphine, often used in medicine for pain relief but frequently produced and sold illegally as a street drug, sometimes mixed with other drugs without the user's knowledge.

Trafficked fentanyl

Engaging in illegal activities such as producing, making, distributing, selling, financing, or transporting fentanyl or the chemicals used to create it. This also includes attempting to do these things, or helping others do them.

Synthetic opioid

An opioid that is not naturally derived from the opium poppy but is instead made in a laboratory, like fentanyl.

Precursor

A chemical substance that is used to create or synthesize another substance, in this case, fentanyl.

Attempted murder

The crime of trying to kill someone, even if the person does not die. It requires intent to kill and an overt act towards committing the crime.

Controlled Substances Act

A federal law that regulates the manufacture, importation, possession, use, and distribution of certain narcotics, stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens, anabolic steroids, and other chemicals.