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Deadly opioid carfentanil re-emerges in Michigan after years of decline

The powerful opioid carfentanil has resurfaced in Michigan’s unregulated drug market, killing at least 11 people so far this year after years of dormancy, according to a new alert from the state health department. The synthetic opioid, originally developed to sedate large animals like elephants, is estimated to be 10,000 times more potent than morphine […]