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    Report: Wayne County third in nation for fentanyl deaths over two-year period
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    When reports first started surfacing about fentanyl, drug users were actually seeking it, said Dr. Michele Reid, Medical Director of the Detroit-Wayne County Community Mental Health Agency. "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" Reid said. Mental health authorities and law enforcement formed The Detroit-Wayne County Fentanyl Work Group to try to get the word out about the dangers of fentanyl. Full Article at Detroit News Online
    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
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Report: Wayne County third in nation for fentanyl deaths over two-year period
  1. There were smaller fentanyl epidemics in the 1980s and 1990s, but the latest was the worst
    SOURCE: Detroit News Online 16 months ago
  2. 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
  3. It's not difficult to manufacture
    SOURCE: Detroit News Online 16 months ago
  4. 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
  5. 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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