Bootleg Fentanyl Caused Overdose Epidemic

July 27, 2008 by MedHeadlines  
Filed under CDC, Drugs, Prevention, Substance Abuse

April 21, 2006, was marked by an extreme number of overdoses in Camden, New Jersey, with reports of similar overdose outbreaks coming in from other parts of the state as well as from Maryland, Chicago, Detroit, and Philadelphia. The Detroit and Chicago overdoses occurred a few months earlier than those in Camden and elsewhere and, in the beginning, were attributed to illicit use of heroin. Read more

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