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Following Colorado drug bust, District Attorney calls for harsher laws surrounding fentanyl

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Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid designed to treat severe pain. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration estimates it is 100 times more potent than morphine. 110,000 counterfeit pills cut with fentanyl were seized in Colorado this week. The state health department website reports fentanyl related overdoses have more than doubled each of the last three years.

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Following Colorado drug bust, District Attorney calls for harsher laws surrounding fentanyl

Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid designed to treat severe pain. The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) estimates it is 100 times more potent than morphine.Illicit fentanyl is being mixed in counterfeit prescription pills, killing Coloradans at an alarming rate. Following a drug bust in Colorado this week where 110,000 counterfeit pills cut with fentanyl were seized, one Front Range District Attorney is calling for revised laws sur…

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