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Sana Khan

Fentanyl Crisis: Users Consume More As Street Pills Lose Potency

Tablets believed to be laced with fentanyl are displayed at the Drug Enforcement Administration Northeast Regional Laboratory. (Credit: DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images)

The amount of fentanyl some people are consuming might seem shocking, as just one pill with over 2 milligrams of the drug can be deadly. However, staff at treatment centers in Sonora, Mexico, and Arizona say it's now common for users to take such high doses.

Kevin González, a former fentanyl user, said he hadn't seen anyone overdose in years or heard of friends experiencing one. González had used fentanyl and other opioids for over a decade in Phoenix, Arizona, before checking himself into an addiction treatment center in Sonora.

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