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Thursday, March 31, 2016

Overdosing On Pure Fentanyl

Guardian UK: California alert as six people die from suspected counterfeit painkillers - 22 people in Sacramento suffer overdoses of drug believed to be fentanyl - Opioid up 50 times stronger than heroin is potentially lethal in small doses
Dr Olivia Kasirye, the county health officer, said that some of the Sacramento overdoses have been linked to a white oblong pill marked M367 on one side, resembling a generic version of the name-brand drugs Vicodin, Lortab and Norco, which contain hydrocodone. But the counterfeits showing up in Sacramento may actually be made of pure fentanyl.

Fentanyl can be 25-50 times more potent than heroin and 50-100 times stronger than morphine, Rettig said, making a small amount potentially lethal.

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