Illicit Fentanyl (CCENDU Drug Alert)
Publication date:
2013
Author:
Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction
Summarizes information on the potential for serious adverse health consequences from using illicit fentanyl. The alert notes that illicit fentanyl produced in clandestine labs is appearing in many Canadian communities, and that fentanyl overdoses are harder to reverse than those from other opioids.