A powerful drug often used to spike heroin and cocaine – sometimes unknown to users – has killed an estimated 700 people in the eastern United States in the past couple of years and has now swept into Orange County. Acetyl fentanyl is cooked in...
Potent Problem: Fentanyl, A Deadly Drug Used To Spike Heroin And Cocaine, Returns To O.c.
JENNA CHANDLER, Orange County Register: Local
Wed, 03/16/2016 - 9:50am
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Topics: California Orange County, CA
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