What are the street names of fentanyl?

Tablets believed to be laced with fentanyl are displayed at the Drug Enforcement Administration Northeast Regional Laboratory on October 8, 2019 in New York. – According to US government data, about 32,000 Americans died from opioid overdoses in 2018. That accounts for 46 percent of all fatal overdoses. Fentanyl, a powerful painkiller approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for a range of conditions, has been central to the American opioid crisis which began in the late 1990s. (Photo by Don EMMERT / AFP) (Photo by DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images)

by: Dara Bitler, Nexstar Media Wire

Posted: Feb 26, 2022 / 07:19 AM CST

Updated: Feb 26, 2022 / 07:19 AM CST

DENVER (KDVR) — There are several names out there for what’s being reported as illicitly manufactured fentanyl. Here are some of the street names of fentanyl, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

Apache
Dance Fever
Friend
Goodfellas
Jackpot
Murder 8
Tango & Cash

These are some other fentanyl street names, according to the Drug Enforcement Agency:

China Girl
China Town
China White
Great Bear
He-Man
Poison

The National Institutes of Health says “TNT” is another fentanyl street alias.

In prescription form, fentanyl is known by the following names, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse:

Actiq
Duragesic
Sublimaze

The C DC says rates of overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids other than methadone, which includes fentanyl and fentanyl analogs, continue to rise.