09-02-2019 16:00 via 10tv.com

Coroners issue warnings following new opioid death spikes

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Coroners in two of Ohio's largest counties have issued drug abuse warnings following the reappearance of an opioid so powerful it's sometimes used to sedate elephants.Dr. Anahi Ortiz is coroner in Franklin County in central Ohio. She said Friday that the county which calls Columbus home had at least three carfentanil-related overdose deaths in January.Ortiz said the county saw six carfentanil-related deaths in all of 2018, with the last in September.Ortiz says the drug is
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