Fentanyl exposures rising rapidly in Mississippi
On September 15, 2023, Nicholas Dominici, a 1-year-old boy, died after accidentally being exposed to fentanyl while at a daycare in the Bronx. A pill press was located on the facility where illicit fentanyl was being pressed into counterfeit tablets. Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid crucial to providing acute pain relief in the health care setting, was responsible for 107,081 deaths in 2022 per the CDC.
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