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Saskatoon police link another overdose death to fake OxyContin

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A fake OxyContin pill containing fentanyl, a highly toxic synthetic opioid linked to three deaths between September 2014 and January 2015.  Photo from Saskatoon Police.

By News Talk Radio Staff

Saskatoon police are issuing another warning about a dangerous drug being passed off as Oxycontin.

The alert comes following the death of a 19-year-old man on January 3.  Toxicology testing showed he had a lethal dose of fentanyl in his system.  Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid several times more toxic than oxycodone, the principle ingredient in OxyContin, which is marketed as a painkiller.

Police issued a similar warning after a pair of deaths in September 2014 were linked to... // Read Full Article


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