Local prevention panel hears lab warning on fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills, testing gaps
At a Nov. 10 Brevard County TIP meeting, a Genesys Reference Labs toxicologist warned that counterfeit pills and quasi‑legal products (kratom, Delta‑8, tianeptine) often contain fentanyl or other undetected substances and that common point‑of‑care drug screens miss many of them.
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Scott Legacy of Genesys Reference Labs told members of a Brevard County prevention planning group on Nov. 10 that the local drug supply has shifted from prescription opioids to illicit fentanyl and increasingly complex polysubstance mixes, and that many popular retail products can contain potentially lethal amounts of fentanyl.
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