Because of an illegal version of the painkiller fentanyl more than 1,000 people died in two years, the government reports revealed on Thursday while making its first tally of those deaths.
The occurrences of fentanyl overdoses came to light in Chicago first in 2005 while further cluster were noted in Detroit, Philadelphia and other cities by 2006.
The gradual reports of deaths from the drug were often given in local newspapers but now CDC’s report confirms 1,013 deaths from early April 2005 till late March 2007.
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