Abstract：
:Acetyl fentanyl is a Schedule I controlled synthetic opioid that is becoming an increasingly detected "designer drug." Routine drug screening procedures in local forensic toxicology laboratories identified a total of 41 overdose deaths associated with acetyl fentanyl within multiple counties of the southwestern region of the state of Pennsylvania. The range, median, mean, and standard deviation of blood acetyl fentanyl concentrations for these 41 cases were 0.13-2100 ng/mL, 11 ng/mL, 169.3 ng/mL, and 405.3 ng/mL, respectively. Thirty-six individuals (88%) had a confirmed history of substance abuse, and all but one case (96%) were ruled multiple drug toxicities. This report characterizes this localized trend of overdose deaths associated with acetyl fentanyl and provides further evidence supporting an alarmingly concentrated opiate and opioid epidemic of both traditional and novel drugs within this region of the United States.
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J Forensic Scijournal_title
Journal of forensic sciencesauthors
Dwyer JB,Janssen J,Luckasevic TM,Williams KEdoi
10.1111/1556-4029.13517subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2018-01-01 00:00:00pages
195-200issue
1eissn
0022-1198issn
1556-4029journal_volume
63pub_type
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