DuPage County Sees Rise In Fentanyl-Related Deaths
(CBS) -- Another county in the Chicago area is seeing an increase in the number of Fentanyl-related deaths.
More deaths from Fentanyl overdoses in Cook County and in Will County and now DuPage County.
"We've definitely seen an upswing in opiate overdoses and deaths and the toxicology we do shows that there is Fentanyl in many of these," said DuPage County Coroner Dr. Richard Jorgensen.
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Jorgensen says there is more Fentanyl in the area these days and more of it is synthetic. He says some new types have been found in the past two weeks or so.
"We've identified at least three different designer Fentanyls that we haven't seen in this area," he said.
Some of the Fentanyl is made in China he says.
Fentanyl is used for pain relief for cancer patients - and sometimes it is mixed with heroin - sometimes used straight - with deadly consequences, Jorgensen says - because often the user doesn't know how powerful it is.
