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WAYNE COUNTY: Doctored heroin linked to 230 fatal drug overdoses

More than 1,000 overdose deaths across the country -- and 230 in Wayne County -- were linked to illegally made fentanyl, a powerful prescription-only painkiller mixed with heroin and other drugs for street use, according to a report released Thursday... Full Article at Detroit Free Press

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  1. People don't think of drug abuse as a public health issue
    SOURCE: Detroit Free Press 16 months ago
  2. But it's got to be recognized as part of the bigger problem of the increasing numbers of drug overdose deaths in the United States
    SOURCE: Medical News Today 16 months ago
  3. The whole rub was, when abusers heard fentanyl was far more powerful than heroin, they were looking for this magic drug, and some dealers were calling drugs laced with fentanyl by special names
    SOURCE: Detroit News Online 16 months ago
  4. The response when I deal with public health officials is; 'Drug abuse is a dangerous habit, and drug abusers know it's a dangerous habit, so why are we making a big deal out of it?
    SOURCE: USA Today 16 months ago
  5. There were smaller fentanyl epidemics in the 1980s and 1990s, but the latest was the worst
    SOURCE: Detroit News Online 16 months ago
  6. Fentanyl is 50 to 80 times more powerful than morphine ... They could get more bang for the buck because of its potency.
    SOURCE: Detroit News Online 16 months ago
  7. A typical drug screen at a hospital doesn't pick it up, so we don't know how many people use it and survive.
    SOURCE: Detroit News Online 16 months ago
  8. It's an incomplete picture
    SOURCE: USA Today 16 months ago
  9. It almost disappeared entirely. The shutting down of the Toluca facility was probably a major factor
    SOURCE: USA Today 16 months ago
  10. We told people, 'you die before you get high,' ... We worked with former drug abusers, who actually went into the community to explain to people that this wasn't some magic drug that got you higher; this could kill you.
    SOURCE: Detroit News Online 16 months ago
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