TY - JOUR
T1 - Carfentanil
T2 - A New and Often Unrecognized Threat
AU - Cowles, Charles E.
AU - Mitchell, Jason
AU - Stepp, Joe E.
AU - Bewley, Victor Z.
PY - 2017/9/1
Y1 - 2017/9/1
N2 - Law enforcement officers, whether working the streets or on narcotic detail, and even those who operate in strike teams, face a new danger from an old drug: carfentanil. Drug dealers seeking to increase profits cut this cheap synthetic drug into expensive heroin, providing an extreme high. As a potent synthetic opioid narcotic, it is finding its way to the streets of the United States and can pose a threat to life for law enforcement, first responders, and medical examiners.
AB - Law enforcement officers, whether working the streets or on narcotic detail, and even those who operate in strike teams, face a new danger from an old drug: carfentanil. Drug dealers seeking to increase profits cut this cheap synthetic drug into expensive heroin, providing an extreme high. As a potent synthetic opioid narcotic, it is finding its way to the streets of the United States and can pose a threat to life for law enforcement, first responders, and medical examiners.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 28910481
AN - SCOPUS:85038641338
SN - 1553-9768
VL - 17
SP - 120
EP - 122
JO - Journal of special operations medicine : a peer reviewed journal for SOF medical professionals
JF - Journal of special operations medicine : a peer reviewed journal for SOF medical professionals
IS - 3
ER -