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Illegally Made Fentanyl Seems To Be Fueling A Spike In Overdoses

These pills were made to look like Oxycodone, but they're actually an illicit form of the potent painkiller fentanyl. A surge in police seizures of illicit fentanyl parallels a rise in overdose deaths. (Tennessee Bureau of Investigation/AP)
These pills were made to look like Oxycodone, but they're actually an illicit form of the potent painkiller fentanyl. A surge in police seizures of illicit fentanyl parallels a rise in overdose deaths. (Tennessee Bureau of Investigation/AP)

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