Drug Linked to Ohio Overdoses Can Kill in Doses Smaller than a Snowflake

(The New York Times, Sept. 5) A drug called carfentanil is makings it rounds through Cincinnati, killing three, hospitalizing 200, and overwhelming emergency rooms in the past two weeks. It's an animal tranquilizer used for elephants. An amount smaller than a snowflake can kill a human. The drug has been found in batches of heroin. Law enforcement, who carry overdose-reversing sprays, even do so for themselves, in case their skin comes in contact with a snowflake-sized amount of the drug. READ MORE.