COLUMBUS, OH — The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) is reporting a troubling resurgence in carfentanil seizures across the state, prompting Attorney General Dave Yost to issue a stark warning about the growing danger of synthetic opioids.

“The amateur chemists who create these deadly drug combinations don’t care if you live or die,” Yost said. “Here’s the deal: If you take drugs that weren’t prescribed by your doctor, you risk lethal exposure to synthetic opioids.”

According to BCI data, forensic scientists identified carfentanil in 199 samples submitted to the state lab during the first nine months of 2025 — a dramatic increase from just nine samples in 2023 and 40 in 2024 .

Carfentanil, a synthetic opioid estimated to be 100 times more potent than fentanyl and 10,

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