Opiates , and Carfentanyl have been linked to dozens of recent deaths in the US . The drugs , the former of which was responsible for the musician Prince ’s fatal overdose , are being linked to heroin and have so far been found in the bodies of up to 46 people who have died in the country this year from uncertain causes . Fentanyl is up 100 times stronger than morphine , whilst The majority of drug overdoses thought to have involved fentanyl and carfentanyl are in the Yorkshire and the Humber region, but police forces across the north of England, Northern Ireland and Hampshire have issued warnings after finding evidence that heroin was being mixed with the drugs. Carfentanyl is 10,000 stronger . The former drug has been linked to the rising numbers of overdose deaths and opioid addiction in the US .
Opiates , and Carfentanyl have been linked to dozens of recent deaths in the US . The drugs , the former of which was responsible for the musician Prince ’s fatal overdose , are being linked to heroin and have so far been found in the bodies of up to 46 people who have died in the country this year from uncertain causes . Fentanyl is up 100 times stronger than morphine , whilst Carfentanyl is 10,000 stronger . The former drug has been linked to the rising numbers of overdose deaths and opioid addiction in the US .