“These drug cartels are trying to move product left from when heroin was popular. Now that meth is back on the rise they’re cutting it in,” said Nedeff. “It’s not surprising to see the mix of drugs.”
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/contributors/2018/01/31/opinion-ohios-entire-supply-illegal-drugs-contaminated/1074766001/
(https://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/contributors/2018/01/31/opinion-ohios-entire-supply-illegal-drugs-contaminated/1074766001/)
Meth-related overdoses are soaring in Ohio, too. The drug is being cut with fentanyl. Ecstasy, LSD and fake pills (Adderall, OxyContin, etc.) all carry a significant risk of a fentanyl overdose, too. Most users of these drugs lack a tolerance to opioids, putting them at even greater risk of overdose death than a heroin user.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/overdoses-linked-to-fentanyl-laced-crack-cocaine-1.4522433 (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/overdoses-linked-to-fentanyl-laced-crack-cocaine-1.4522433)
Rhiannon Thomas, a coordinator at the South Riverdale Community Health Centre, told CBC Radio's Metro Morning on Tuesday she believes at least seven overdoses have occurred in the past week due to people unknowingly ingesting the opioid while smoking crack.
http://www.indeonline.com/news/20180222/health-officials-warns-of-fentanyl-mixed-with-non-opioid-drugs
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The reason is the growing number of overdose deaths that involve the synthetic opioid fentanyl in combination with non-opioids such as cocaine and methamphetamine, according to a state-wide advisory.
http://www.mariettatimes.com/news/2018/02/dangerous-highs/
(http://www.mariettatimes.com/news/2018/02/dangerous-highs/)
He said the popular drug of choice right now, methamphetamine, may be making the rounds in the community laced with an opioid like heroin or fentanyl.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/party-drugs-increasingly-being-laced-with-fentanyl-1.3412507 (https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/party-drugs-increasingly-being-laced-with-fentanyl-1.3412507)
“I’m amazed to see more MDMA (and) ecstasy (testing) positive for fentanyl,” Alain Vincent, a pharmacist at STS Pain Pharmacy in downtown Victoria, B.C., told CTV News Vancouver Island