Nation IN BRIEF : NATIONWIDE : ‘Designer Drug’ Kills 11 in 3-State Region
The number of fatal overdoses blamed on a potent “designer” drug sold in the Bronx rose to 11, and police in three states were warning heroin addicts to stay clear of packages marked “Tango and Cash.” As word of the danger spread, police said, at least one dealer changed the labels and continued selling the drug. Since the super-potent heroin first appeared over the weekend, four people have died in New York, five in New Jersey and two in Connecticut. More than 100 others required hospital treatment. Health authorities said that samples were found to be laced with methyl fentanyl, a powerful tranquilizer reformulated into a synthetic form of heroin 27 times the usual potency.
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