A rash of overdose deaths in the Fraser Valley, has led the BC Coroners Service to warn illicit drug users that the toxic drug fentanyl may be being falsely sold as heroin or oxycodone.
Fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opiate, was linked to 13 overdose deaths in the Fraser Valley during the first four months of 2014.
In all of 2013, there were 12 fentanyl-related deaths in the Fraser region, and only six in 2012.
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