Heroin overdoses are vanishing from D.C. The reason? Fentanyl.

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Heroin overdoses are vanishing from D.C. The reason? Fentanyl.
New figures show barely one in 10 overdose victims died after using heroin this year, compared to more than half of

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[CentralMass]

1. Ya but.

https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2022/09/01/dc-rising-opioid-overdose-deaths
"According to D.C.'s chief medical examiner, fentanyl was present in 96% of overdose deaths. There were 1,958 non-fatal overdoses in D.C. from Jan. 22 through June 22, and 163 fatal overdoses from Jan. 22 through May 22.Sep 1, 2022:

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2. That's not a good thing

Fentanyl is worse than heroin. It's more deadly. It's synthetic so it's easier to make locally instead of smuggling.

Pardo said. “You can make fentanyl in the bathroom of your apartment.”