Father on mission after son died from a fake pill with fentanyl
Father on mission after son died from a fake pill with fentanyl
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Father on mission after son died from a fake pill with fentanyl
Fentanyl was involved in 86% of opioid-related overdoses in Chicago in 2020, according to city data. Fentanyl overdoses started skyrocketing in 2018, said Luis Agostini, a spokesperson for the Drug Enforcement Agency’s Chicago field division.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement agency reports collecting 50,600,000 fake pills in 2022 and about 20 million the year before.
Small amounts of synthetic opioid, often in fake prescription pills, can be deadly, feds visiting Chicago warn.
Federal officials are visiting Chicago-area campuses to spread the word about fake prescription pills that could be deadly.