Claims: Super-Potent Synthetic Opioids Spread Across US Amid Fentanyl Crackdown

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1. title: Super-Potent Synthetic Opioids Spread Across US Amid Fentanyl Crackdown (alleges; supported) Source
2. url: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/06/18/super-potent-synthetic-opioids-spread-across-us-amid-fentanyl-crackdown/ (alleges; supported) Source
3. summary: This article was co-published with Signal Ohio and STAT . In high school, Ashley Delgado dreamed of becoming a doctor and one day buying her father a Rolls-Royce. “She wanted to heal people,” said her father, James Taylor. She had a high GPA, Taylor added, and did especially well in science and Latin. In her mid-20s, Ashley suffered a leg injury and was prescribed OxyContin. The painkiller marked the beginning of a yearslong descent through addiction — from prescription opioids to methamphetamin… (alleges; supported) Source
4. published: Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:59:59 +0000 (alleges; supported) Source