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NDEWS Publications

NDEWS News: NDEWS News Scan Finds Suspected Carfentanil-Related Incidents Reported in Seven States (September 2016)

Fact Sheets/ Alerts

MMWR: Carfentanil Outbreak — Florida, 2016–2017 (February 2020)

Broward County, Florida: News Release: Carfentanil (November 2016)

MD ToxTidbits: Carfentanil

PubChem: Carfentanil

DEA: Fentanyl (and Mention of Carfentanil)

Journal Articles

Carfentanil-Associated Mortality in Wayne County, Michigan, 2015–2017

Metabolism of Carfentanil, an Ultra-Potent Opioid, in Human Liver Microsomes and Human Hepatocytes by High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry

Other Resources

Washington Post: Elephant tranquilizer is the latest lethal addition to the heroin epidemic (April 2017)
Maryland.gov: Carfentanil determined present in three fatal overdose cases (April 2017)

Dangerous Drug Carfentanil Blamed in 5 Minnesota Overdoses (March 2017)

Florida: Sun Sentinel: Beware Large Animal Tranquilizer That is Sold as a Trendy, Lethal, Street Drug (November 2016)

CBC News: 'It's Scary Stuff': Deadly Drug Carfentanil Now in Winnipeg (September 2016)

NYT: Drug Linked to Ohio Overdoses Can Kill in Doses Smaller than a Snowflake (September 2016)

WCPO Cincinnati: John Kasich Should Declare Public Health Emergency on Heroin Epidemic, Newtown Police Chief Says (September 2016)

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