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03-31-2016, 03:11 AM
Deadly rash of overdoses in California causes 6 deaths in one week
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An outburst of fentanyl-laced opioid deaths has again ripped through an American city.
Painkilling pills sold by dealers and laced with fentanyl — a drug with a potency 80 to 100 times greater than morphine — have led to 28 overdoses and six deaths in Sacramento County, California over the past week, including 12 overdoses in two days, according to a report by CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/30/health/sacramento-opioid-overdoses/index.html).
SEE ALSO: The drug next door: Why every American should be worried about heroin (http://mashable.com/2016/02/25/americas-heroin-epidemic/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
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In this May 6, 2013 file photo, a man prepares a needle to inject himself with heroin in front of a church in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles.
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An outburst of fentanyl-laced opioid deaths has again ripped through an American city.
Painkilling pills sold by dealers and laced with fentanyl — a drug with a potency 80 to 100 times greater than morphine — have led to 28 overdoses and six deaths in Sacramento County, California over the past week, including 12 overdoses in two days, according to a report by CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/30/health/sacramento-opioid-overdoses/index.html).
SEE ALSO: The drug next door: Why every American should be worried about heroin (http://mashable.com/2016/02/25/americas-heroin-epidemic/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
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In this May 6, 2013 file photo, a man prepares a needle to inject himself with heroin in front of a church in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles.
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