
Mexico faces a new threat with fentanyl, a dangerous synthetic drug that has become a massive source of revenue for Mexican cartels. Fentanyl has many advantages for traffickers, such as its ease of laboratory production and extreme potency. Cartels use it to hide drugs in small bags or mix them with other substances, making transport and distribution easier. Fentanyl is also deceptive because it masquerades as other legal substances, thereby exacerbating overdose deaths. The United States and Mexico are working together to combat this threat, but traffickers are constantly finding new ways to evade controls. Fentanyl therefore represents a major threat to public safety and health, requiring enhanced international cooperation and more effective measures to eradicate it.