Fentanyl

Photo by Drug Enforcement Agency

Photo by Drug Enforcement Agency

DPS: ‘One pill can kill’

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) answered Gov. Greg Abbott’s call to action for state agencies by launching a new public awareness campaign this month to highlight the dangers of fentanyl.
Officers display just how little Fentanyl it takes to prove lethal to most people. The scariest part, however, is that no one knows it’s there.

Officers display just how little Fentanyl it takes to prove lethal to most people. The scariest part, however, is that no one knows it’s there.

Fentanyl proving hard pill to swallow for area schools, lawmen

At first glance, the multi-colored pills might bear the appearance of candy to some. Inside, however, is a substance 100 times more potent than morphine and 50 times more potent than heroin.