Fentanyl surpasses heroin as deadliest drug in US
384 views · Published 13 December 2018 · 0:33 · Indexed 19 October 2026
Channel: AFP News Agency · 2018 · News & Politics
The synthetic drug, fentanyl, has surpassed heroin as the deadliest drug in the United States, taking more than 18,000 lives in 2016, federal health officials say.
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