Tag: Drug overdose

By Shannon Ogden | Denver7 Denver7 did some digging about the powerful drug in Colorado and found that the state has recorded 11 drug overdose deaths involving carfentanil, including 5 so far this year DENVER — An alarming warning went out this week about a powerful synthetic opioid detected in Colorado. The El Paso County Coroner's office said it came across the first known instance of carfentanil used as a standalone drug in an individual who died of a drug overdose in Colorado Springs in August. That person was found to have carfentanil and acetaminophen in a blood test. A spokesperson for the office said this is the first time carfentanil has been detected without fentanyl. Carfentanil is 100 times stronger than fentanyl and 10,000 times stronger than morphine, acco...