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11th Person Dead in Hennepin County From Carfentanil
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- An 11th person in Hennepin County has died after overdosing
on the powerful opioid carfentanil.
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office says the 63-year-old man from
Brooklyn Park died April 26 from a mix of carfentanil and trazadone. Like the
other 10 people who have died since January, carfentanil wasn't known to be a
factor in his death until more testing was completed.
Routine drug and alcohol screenings don't detect the drug, so samples have to
be sent to a specialized lab.
The opioid is relatively new to Minnesota and is 10,000 times more potent than
morphine and 100 stronger than fentanyl. The drug is used as a tranquilizer for
elephants or other large animals.
Authorities haven't found the drug's source or determined if any of the deaths
are connected.
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