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Fentanyl Crisis in Mexico

February 13 , 2024 314 days 315 0
  • The Mexican border cities in the grip of a full-blown drug epidemic.
  • Fentanyl, the synthetic opioid is 100 times more potent than morphine and almost 50 times more potent than heroin.
  • It is a drug that a doctor can prescribe to alleviate severe pain.
  • However, as little as 2 milligrams of fentanyl can be lethal.
  • There is an estimated 70,000 people died of overdoses last year.

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