About 5 out of every 10 fentanyl pills that the DEA tested this year had lethal doses of the synthetic opioid painkiller fentanyl.
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Less-potent fentanyl pills may be playing a role in decrease of US overdose deaths, DEA says
Drug Enforcement Administration says that less fentanyl is present in the nation’s illicit pill supply and that is helping drive down overdose deaths in the United States. But experts say that there are limitations to this claim and that many other factors are probably playing a role.
