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Eugene

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Wed Sep 7, 2016, 06:01 AM Sep 2016

Ohio coroner links elephant tranquilizer to series of overdose deaths

Source: Reuters

U.S. | Tue Sep 6, 2016 11:30pm EDT

Ohio coroner links elephant tranquilizer to series of overdose deaths

By Steve Bittenbender

At least eight people in the Cincinnati area who died of heroin drug overdoses since mid-July had traces of a drug used to tranquilize elephants in their bodies, a coroner said Tuesday.

At least five other overdose deaths since mid-July are suspected to be connected to heroin laced with carfentanil, Hamilton County Coroner Lakshmi Sammarco told a news conference.

The coroner's office is awaiting the test results on those cases, she said.

Authorities expect that tally to rise as they test blood and urine samples from older cases, Sammarco added.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ohio-drug-idUSKCN11D09N
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Ohio coroner links elephant tranquilizer to series of overdose deaths (Original Post) Eugene Sep 2016 OP
Well, if I had an elephant in my body, I'd want it tranquilized too. Silent3 Sep 2016 #1
For the dead, it was only a monkey on their backs Warpy Sep 2016 #2

Silent3

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1. Well, if I had an elephant in my body, I'd want it tranquilized too.
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 09:18 AM
Sep 2016

"At least eight people in the Cincinnati area who died of heroin drug overdoses since mid-July had traces of a drug used to tranquilize elephants in their bodies, a coroner said Tuesday."

Warpy

(111,267 posts)
2. For the dead, it was only a monkey on their backs
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 02:26 PM
Sep 2016

Carfentanil is an analogue of fentanyl and is used in veterinary practice to immobilize large animals other than elephants. It's estimated to be 10,000 times the potency of morphine, which is why it's been killing people.

Kiddies, be careful with street drugs. You really never know what's in them, not even when they're pressed into lookalike pill form. The war on drugs is out to kill you by making sure you have access only to the black market.

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