The feds are warning police about the resurgence of a potent drug
called fentanyl that is 50 times more powerful than heroin. Cops
confiscated fentanyl 3,344 times last year, up from 942 the year before,
according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. It can be
absorbed through the skin, and very small amounts can be fatal. The DEA
is concerned that law-enforcement agents could be exposed to potentially
lethal doses during busts.
This is not the first time the drug has been a problem for law
enforcement and a risk to public health. Between 2005 and 2007, more
than 1,000 people in the U.S. died from fentanyl overdoses. Most of
those deaths occurred in Chicago, Detroit and Philadelphia. Federal law
enforcement officials linked each of those deaths to a single lab in
Mexico. “When that lab was identified and dismantled, the surge ended,”
the DEA says.
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