Public Release: 2-Feb-2018
Analyzing street drugs points to potential early warning system in opioid crisis
University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 2, 2018 - In just two years, the powerful opioid fentanyl went from nonexistent to detected in more than 1 in 7 stamp bags analyzed by the Allegheny County Office of the Medical Examiner, according to an analysis led by the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. Stamp bags are small wax packets that contain mixtures of illicit drugs, most commonly heroin, packaged for sale and sometimes stamped with a graphical logo by drug dealers to market their contents.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/uops-asd020218.php
