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Offline TomSea

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Fentanyl-laced cocaine deaths are on the rise, which means the opioid crisis is just getting worse
« on: April 01, 2018, 03:49:41 am »
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Fentanyl-laced cocaine deaths are on the rise, which means the opioid crisis is just getting worse
Karen Fratti
March 30, 2018 7:51 am

When most people think of the opioid crisis, fentanyl-laced heroin and other opiates come to mind. But a slew of states are reporting that fentanyl-laced cocaine deaths are on the rise. That’s terrifying not just because it broadens the scope of opioid related deaths, but also because fentanyl is the last thing someone who is using cocaine expects. This means education campaigns need to be retargeted to warn users the drugs they’re buying could be more dangerous and addictive than they know them to be.

Fentanyl is a painkiller that can be 50 times more powerful than heroin. It was found in over half of overdose deaths last year in ten states, according to the Centers for Disease Control....

Read more at: https://hellogiggles.com/news/fentanyl-laced-cocaine-deaths-are-on-the-rise-which-means-the-opioid-crisis-is-just-getting-worse/

KPBS reports similar to this as well;  http://www.kpbs.org/news/2018/mar/29/fentanyl-laced-cocaine-becoming-a-deadly-problem/ "Fentanyl laced cocaine becoming a deadly problem"....

So, this I thought was noteworthy, it's not just heroin.  A new wrinkle in the Fentanyl epidemic.

"Hellogiggles.com" yes, that sounds like a weird website but the article is okay.
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Re: Fentanyl-laced cocaine deaths are on the rise, which means the opioid crisis is just getting wor
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Re: Fentanyl-laced cocaine deaths are on the rise, which means the opioid crisis is just getting wor
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2018, 06:59:08 pm »
And it's going to get a lot worse as people who have been thrown off their prescribed Opioid regimens turn to the black market for relief.  To the applause of people self-satisfied they've done their part to end the scourge by pressuring the government bureaucrats into outlawing legal narcotics.
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