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Border Report – Weapons-grade chemical carfentanil surges as dangerous substitute for fentanyl

Posted on April 20, 2026

Nearly two decades after drug addiction sent him to rehab as a teenager, 36-year-old Michael Nalewaja had settled into a quiet life in Alaska where he worked as an electrician. That all came crashing down days before Thanksgiving 2025, when he and a mutual friend unknowingly took a lethal cocktail of fentanyl and carfentanil they […]  Read: Read More 

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