| On Mexico-US Border, Fentanyl Poses Growing Hidden Danger France 24 | |
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Elena prepares a syringe of heroin, a drug she has been using for 20 years. Now, however, it is almost certain that it is mixed with fentanyl, a potentially lethal substance.
A rapid test at a Mexican safe-use center in the town of Mexicali, near the US border, confirms the presence of the synthetic opioid, which is 50 times more potent than heroin.
Related: AMLO and US Security Officials Meet to Discuss Fentanyl, Migration (Mexico News Daily)
Related: As Fentanyl Crisis Grows, U.S.-Mexico Divide Deepens (Washington Post)
Related: López Obrador Doubles Down: ‘Fentanyl Is Not Produced in Mexico’ (The Hill)
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