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"Vermont\u2019s Department of Health is warning drug users of tainted heroin after three people died from overdosing on heroin.On the WPTZ App? Tap here to see the video.The department confirmed all lived in Addison County and overdosed on what they thought was heroin, but was really pure fentanyl.Dr. Harry Chen, the state\u2019s health commissioner, said fentanyl, an opiate found to treat pain in hospitals, is 50 times more powerful than the street drug.On Wednesday Vermont State Police had issued a warning about dealers selling fentanyl substituted for heroin.Lt. Matthew Birmingham with the state\u2019s Drug Task Force said his agency is seeing dealers who sell heroin laced with fentanyl, or pure fentanyl which buyers believe is straight heroin.\u201CIt's packaged in a heroin bag and somewhere along the way fentanyl has been added to the package,\u201D Birmingham said. \u201CWe don't know what percentage yet, we're still investigating, but they don't realize they're getting it until they use it and once they do that it's too late.\u201DTaking unprescribed fentanyl can lead to overdose and death, Chen said.\u201CYou can't be careful about what you're getting if you're a Vermonter who's addicted and are buying drugs on the street,\u201D Chen said.Fentanyl has been linked to more than two dozen fatal overdoses across the Northeast."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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