Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Paul Waldie, Alanna Smith, Mahima Singh
Publication Date: August 6, 2025 - 13:00
Why are fentanyl deaths in Europe a fraction of those seen in North America?
August 6, 2025
When police in England raided a fentanyl lab outside the northern city of Leeds in early 2017, the bust sent shockwaves across the country.
The raid and subsequent conviction of three men – who made and sold around £164,000 worth of the opioid in five months – was the first major fentanyl case in Britain and it prompted dire warnings from law enforcement officers, health officials and the media that the U.K. was headed for a U.S.-style fentanyl crisis.
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