CDC: Synthetic Opioid Deaths Doubled from 2015 to 2016

Of those deaths, more than 30 percent in 2016 involved synthetic opioids, including fentanyl, a virulent narcotic that can be 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine. While fentanyl can be prescribed by physicians to manage severe pain, non-pharmaceutical fentanyl ...