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Picture of a U.S. penny next to milligrams of fentanyl, which is a fatal dose for most drug users. DEA
Addiction, Opioids, Painkillers

What is fentanyl and why is it behind the deadly surge in US drug overdoses? A medical toxicologist explains

May 10, 2022

Buying drugs on the street is a game of Russian roulette. From Xanax to cocaine, drugs or counterfeit pills purchased in nonmedical settings may contain life-threatening amounts of fentanyl.

Picture of a U.S. penny next to milligrams of fentanyl, which is a fatal dose for most drug users. DEA
Opioids, Painkillers, Substance Abuse

Officials warn drug users to beware after overdoses rise in north Seattle

January 18, 2019

Seven overdoses were reported January 17th. Some victims reported injecting heroin and others snorting a crushed pill that may have been fentanyl.

Picture of a U.S. penny next to milligrams of fentanyl, which is a fatal dose for most drug users. DEA
Opioids, Painkillers, Substance Abuse

Drug users seeking out deadly opioid fentanyl

January 7, 2019

More than half of drug users in San Francisco’s gritty Tenderloin district say they purposely seek fentanyl, despite its dangers

Picture of a U.S. penny next to milligrams of fentanyl, which is a fatal dose for most drug users. DEA
Drugs, Health News, Opioids

Fentanyl deaths rise in Washington State

December 5, 2018

In the first half of 2018, there were 81 deaths linked to fentanyl, versus 48 deaths recorded during the same time period last year, a 70% increase in deaths.

Picture of a U.S. penny next to milligrams of fentanyl, which is a fatal dose for most drug users. DEA
Addiction, Opioids, Substance Abuse

How Fentanyl Changes the Opioid Equation

October 17, 2018

With lethal amounts of fentanyl showing up in heroin and other drugs throughout the country, active drug users are at a greater risk of dying than ever before

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