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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Hallie Golden and Jim Mustian

The weapons-grade chemical emerging as a dangerous substitute for fentanyl

Michael Nalewaja, a 36-year-old electrician from Alaska, had built a quiet life for himself, nearly two decades after overcoming teenage drug addiction that led him to rehab.

However, his life was tragically cut short days before Thanksgiving 2025, when he and a friend unknowingly consumed a lethal cocktail of fentanyl and carfentanil, potentially mistaking it for cocaine.

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