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Mercer County Sheriff
MCSO issues Drug Warning
Mercer County Sheriff Jeff Grey announced today he is encouraging law
enforcement officers and other individuals, including drug users, to
use extreme caution. Recent lab testing of a substance believed to be
heroin actually contained Tramadol, Cocaine, Heroin, Fentanyl,
Carfentanil as well as Acetyl Fentanyl and other drugs (see below).
These drugs are incredibly dangerous and can be fatal when
ingested or when absorbed through the skin. Law Enforcement,
Corrections Staff, EMS, FIre and Hospital staff are being warned to use
extreme caution in dealing with any suspected drug or drug
paraphernalia.
Tramadol is classified as a centrally-acting, oral analgesic (pain
drug) that contains an opioid
(narcotic)
Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid that is similar to morphine but is 50 to 100 times more potent
Carfentanil, a fentanyl analog with a potency approximately 10,000
times that of morphine, has been linked to a significant number of
overdose deaths
Acetyl fentanyl is a designer drug and fentanyl analog with a potency
40 times greater than heroin and 80 times greater than morphine.
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