A deadly new trend: Fentanyl and other synthetic opioids sold as counterfeits

Wednesday, August 31, 2016 - 09:31 in Mathematics & Economics

In March and April, 56 people in the Sacramento area were hospitalized after taking Norco brand hydrocodone pills. Fifteen died. But, as we discovered, these pills were not pharmaceutical hydrocodone at all. They were counterfeits containing fentanyl that were purchased on the street. Fentanyl is an opioid far more powerful than hydrocodone. Counterfeit pills containing […]

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