Synthetic opioids involved in more deaths than prescription opioids
Deadly, illicit drugs are hard to track
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DEADLY DUOS Eighty percent of synthetic opioid-related overdose deaths in 2016 were also tied to the simultaneous use of alcohol or another drug (such as another opioid, heroin or cocaine).
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