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BRIDGETON, N.J. (AP) — Authorities in Cumberland County are warning heroin users there’s a potentially deadly drug on the street.
Investigators last week uncovered a baggie containing pure fentanyl. The synthetic opiate is often mixed with heroin or cocaine and can be fatal in its pure form.
READ MORE: Philadelphia Health Department Declares Heat Advisory For Beginning Of WeekThe baggie was stamped “Egg Nog.”
READ MORE: Several People Injured After Tree Falls On Top Of Them In Fairmount Park Near Mann Center In West PhillyThe prosecutor’s office says drug dealers often change stamps so there may be bags with a high concentration of fentanyl on the streets with different stamps or no stamps at all.
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