Editor
Epic Research and the University of Maryland’s Center for Substance Abuse Research reviewed emergency room lab results and discovered that only 5% of U.S. overdose patients are tested for fentanyl and other synthetic opioids in the emergency room.
While synthetic opioids are now the leading cause of death for Americans under age 45, fentanyl is not usually detected in routine toxicology screenings, and typically a test for it must be…
