Fentanyl deaths due to overdose have increased by 97 percent since 2019 in Wisconsin, the state’s health department announced in an advisory to warn residents about drugs laced with synthetic substances, especially fentanyl…. Wisconsin’s announcement comes amid news that seizures of fentanyl at the southern U.S. border increased by over 200 percent in July. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) statistics released on Aug. 15 showed that border agents seized 2,130 pounds of fentanyl—which is more than three times the 702 pounds that were intercepted in June, and which exceeds the previous monthly record of nearly 1,300 pounds set in April.
