Counterfeit Opioid Pills Are Tricking Users — Sometimes With Lethal Results

Katie Zezima, Washington Post U.S.
Sun, 11/19/2017 - 7:33pm

Fake painkillers, which contain fentanyl and mysterious chemicals never before seen in some states, are changing the nature of the nation’s opioid epidemic.

Topics: opioid

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