Powerful opioid carfentanil detected in drug seized in Estevan area

Police are warning the public that carfentanil has been detected in a substance seized this fall in the Estevan area.
The drug, which was seized in October, had been sent to Health Canada for testing.
“Carfentanil is a derivative of fentanyl, but can be 100 times more powerful and 10,000 times more potent than morphine,” the RCMP said in a news release. “Exposure to a very small amount of this drug could be fatal through ingestion, inhalation or absorption through the skin.&rdq