{"id":4098,"date":"2016-08-26T09:57:04","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T13:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=4098"},"modified":"2016-08-26T09:57:04","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T13:57:04","slug":"illegally-made-fentanyl-seems-to-be-fueling-a-spike-in-overdoses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=4098","title":{"rendered":"Illegally Made Fentanyl Seems To Be Fueling A Spike In Overdoses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Katherine Hobson for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>Federal data suggest illegally manufactured fentanyl, a drug that is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/drugoverdose\/opioids\/fentanyl.html\">50 to 100 times stronger than morphine<\/a>, is behind an increase in synthetic opioid deaths.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2016\/08\/25\/491340448\/illegally-made-fentanyl-seems-to-be-driving-a-spike-in-overdoses?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=33452401&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--cAdCnlvUeniC6nZ_jIER5m9_MN3SaFVk4Ruyp0O1sUeCsNKfFc6WMQfYPDlOYLo5dAr6I-Y5gkJpwiTMEBGg_hdpyBw&amp;_hsmi=33452401\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading article here&#8230;..<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"NPR logo\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Katherine Hobson for NPR) Federal data suggest illegally manufactured fentanyl, a drug that is 50 to 100 times stronger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4098"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4099,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4098\/revisions\/4099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}