Baltimore task force aims to warn drug users away from fentanyl on the streets (Baltimore Sun)

Thursday Sep 1st, 2016

When drug users buy heroin on the streets of Baltimore, they don't know whether it also contains fentanyl, a synthetic painkiller so powerful that small amounts can kill.

Now the city plans to tell them when and where the heroin is likely to be adulterated.

By using real-time overdose data from emergency responders, city health officials plan to identify fentanyl hot spots and head there with warnings. They will inform providers of drug treatment and services to the homeless, area residents and others, who can share the information with drug users or people who know them.

Read more at: http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/bs-hs-fentanyl-task-force-20160831-st...

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