Unregulated Synthetic Opioids Are Tied to 900 Fatal Overdoses in New York City

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Unregulated Synthetic Opioids Are Tied to 900 Fatal Overdoses in New York City
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Prosecutors and law-enforcement officials are calling for a ban on unregulated synthetic opioids that are blamed for more than 900 overdose deaths in New York City since 2017

Officials from the New York Police Department and the city’s Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor say New Yorkers are being killed by analogs of the drug fentanyl, but police and prosecutors are powerless to go after dealers because the knockoffs aren’t illegal.

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