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Local law enforcement taking more precautions with drug evidence
Protocols changed to deal with highly toxic substances
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A reporter holds up an example of the amount of fentanyl that can be deadly after a news conference about deaths from fentanyl exposure at DEA Headquarters in Arlington Va., on June 6.
In the wake of new opioid overdoses, local law enforcement agencies are changing some protocols in how they interact with evidence. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation identified the counterfeit pills connected to a handful of overdoses in central Georgia earlier this month. The lab determined the pills were a mixture of cyclopropyl fentanyl and U-47700, two opioid substances stronger than morphine. ‘It is unknown how the human body will react to this drug since it is not intended for human or veterinary use,” the GBI wrote in a news release.