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Fentanyl: A Whole New World?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Rachel L. Rothberg  and
Kate Stith
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This article seeks to document the latest danger in the opioid crisis: fentanyl and related synthetic opioids. Fifty times more potent than pure heroin, cheaper to manufacture in laboratories worldwide, and easily distributed by mail and couriers, fentanyl is flooding the illicit opioid markets throughout the country.

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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 46 , Issue 2: Law and the Opioid Crisis: An Inter-Disciplinary Examination , Summer 2018 , pp. 314 - 324
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2018

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