Fentanyl Linked to Rise in Overdose Deaths in Rhode Island

Thursday, June 19, 2014 - 12:30 in Health & Medicine

Health officials are investigating a sharp rise in deaths in Rhode Island due to overdoses from the drug fentanyl, a prescription painkiller that is 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine.

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