Ahead of what is traditionally one of the biggest party weekends of the year, Seattle-King County Public Health is issuing a warning about an alarming trend.
Fentanyl, a dangerous and powerful synthetic opioid, is coming in new forms that resemble other drugs.
“In addition to coming in counterfeit pills, we’re seeing fentanyl starting to come in the form of white powder,” said Brad Finegood, a strategic advisor at Seattle-King County Public Health. “So it’s not actually cocaine, but it often looks like cocaine and can be mistaken as cocaine.”
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