Heroin lethality

Depending on tolerance, and the amount and purity of the drug consumed, a lethal dose of heroin can range anywhere from 200 to 500 mg. Hardened addicts have survived doses three times that high. 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. National Institute on Dmg Abuse. 33-Year Study Finds Lifelong Lethal Consequences of Heroin Addiction. NIDA Notes (October 2001). 

The narcotic, fentanyl, which is widely used as an anesthetic, has become abusecL In Philadelpbia, there were 53 fatal doses between April and June 2006. In Chicago, there were 100 deaths in 2006. Across the entire United States, there were at least 500 deaths in 2006. Fentanyl is often mixed with heroin to boost tbe high, and it is sold under the street names of Drop Dead, Lethal Injection, and Get High or Die Trying. In Baltimore, the heroin-addicted population is estimated to be 60,000. Fentanyl is sold on the street under the names China White and Tango Cash. 

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