How BC’s Fentanyl Crisis Became A Public-Health Emergency

In the summer of 2012, a forensic toxicologist from the B.C. Coroner's Service examined a blood sample to help determine the cause of death in a case that pointed to a drug overdose. He was asked to look for lethal levels of OxyContin, but he made a surprising find: The culprit was fentanyl, which at that time was not known as a street drug in Canada.

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