12/11/2025
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is urging caution as new data from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation shows a continued rise in drug seizures involving carfentanil and other deadly synthetic opioids.
Carfentanil is a lethal synthetic opioid about 100 times more potent than fentanyl and about 10,000 times more potent than morphine.
Carfentanil can be found alone or in complex mixtures with fentanyl, xylazine, para-fluorofentanyl, he**in, methamphetamine, co***ne and/or ketamine. The opioid comes in several forms (powder, compressed solid materials, tablets and liquid) and colors (white, off-white, brown, tan, green, light blue and purple).
https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Media/News-Releases/October-2025/BCI-Reports-Continued-Uptick-in-Carfentanil-Seizur