How to Use fentanyl in a Sentence

fentanyl

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  • There's no second chances most of the time for fentanyl.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 2 July 2023
  • But border seizures make up just a small part of the fentanyl seized throughout the state.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2024
  • As part of the November study, the team tested the pill on a pig that had been dosed with fentanyl.
    — Celia Ford, WIRED, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Unbeknownst to him, the tablets were laced with fentanyl.
    — Tony Holt, Arkansas Online, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Most of the people smoking fentanyl or meth on this city’s streets balled them up and tossed them onto the ground.
    — Zusha Elinson, WSJ, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Explain what fentanyl is and that it can be found in pills bought online or from friends.
    — Mike Baker, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Related: Methadone doses haven’t kept up in the age of fentanyl.
    — Lev Facher, STAT, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The reported presence of fentanyl in his body makes her wonder if the meth had been laced with it.
    — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2023
  • The office ruled the manner of death an accident and the cause as a mix of fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine.
    — Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 29 July 2023
  • The staffers worry that contraband fentanyl could kill one of the young men before the June 30 closure.
    — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2023
  • For example, fentanyl was hardly on the streets in 2014.
    — The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2024
  • She was charged with one count of retail theft and possession of fentanyl.
    — Alex Ross, Peoplemag, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Also here today is Paula Fredrick, the mother of Amy Fredrick who was killed by fentanyl at just 25 years old.
    — Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The rate of overdose deaths involving fentanyl was highest in the Northeast.
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 3 May 2023
  • Officers found marijuana in the car, as well as 200 grams of fentanyl in the engine area.
    — cleveland, 12 July 2023
  • The biggest danger is getting a drug laced with fentanyl, which can be deadly no mater where it’s purchased.
    — Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Combine that with the overwhelming presence of fentanyl in the drug supply in recent years and the risk has become deadly.
    — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The mayor added that fentanyl was the leading cause of death among the city’s homeless population last year, claiming 181 lives.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2023
  • An analysis of urine from one of the victims confirmed the presence of fentanyl, officials said.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The only way to confirm the deputies had a fentanyl exposure caused overdose is by testing their blood or urine for fentanyl.
    — Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Twenty yards down the sidewalk, a man was smoking fentanyl and nodding out of consciousness with his pants down at his knees.
    — Eli Saslow Erin Schaff, New York Times, 13 May 2023
  • Her plea is for all parents to educate their children about fentanyl.
    — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 11 Sep. 2023
  • In each city, some of the pills sold over the counter as either oxycodone or Adderall tested positive for fentanyl or methamphetamine.
    — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Those who use opioids like hydrocodone, fentanyl, and oxycodone for more than two weeks are at risk for addiction.
    — Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 26 July 2023
  • Investigators quickly concluded that fentanyl played a role in the death of the child, whose name has not been released.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2023
  • His research found that heroin in L.A. has been largely replaced by fentanyl, which is 50 times more potent.
    — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
  • He was found dead and face down in his bedroom last January after overdosing on meth and fentanyl.
    — Jack Healy, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
  • When someone overdoses from fentanyl, breathing slows and their skin often turns a bluish hue.
    — Mike Baker, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024
  • The surge is in keeping with a nationwide trend that emerged as the potent synthetic opioid fentanyl overtook the drug supply.
    — Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Federal health officials say fentanyl can be more than 50 times more powerful than heroin, and even a dose the size of a grain of rice can be fatal.
    — USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024

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