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JANUARY 19, 2017

Pennsylvania Officials Issue Warning on Dangers of Synthetic Opioid

A Pennsylvania Capitol police officer demonstrates how to use a naloxone injection at a 2015 press conference announcing the force would be carrying the opioid overdose rescue mediation. Photo by Governor Tom Wolf on Flickr.

State officials in Pennsylvania are putting the public on alert regarding the potential dangers of carfentanil use and exposure. The warning about the synthetic opioid comes after two recent carfentanil-related overdose deaths in that state.