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Can You Overdose From Touching Fentanyl? Of Course Not, Authorities Say Can You Overdose From Touching Fentanyl? Of Course Not, Authorities Say
Can You Overdose From Touching Fentanyl? Of Course Not, Authorities Say Yet another post by someone claiming she suffered a fentanyl overdose simply by picking up a dollar bill has triggered a viral panic, and once again those who know better are left shaking their heads. “It's not possible to overdose on fentanyl by touching it,” said Dr. Andrew Stolbach, an emergency physician and medical toxicologist at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. “If it was absorbed well through the skin, people wouldn’t inject it and snort it in order to get high.” Higher doses and several hours of time are required for an actual user to overdose on the deadly synthetic opioid, Dr…

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One Dead, One Injured In Virginia Mine Cave-In One Dead, One Injured In Virginia Mine Cave-In
One Dead, One Injured In Virginia Mine Cave-In A cave-in at a Virginia mine left an equipment manager of a chemical plant dead and another employee injured, officials announced. First responders were dispatched to the Hoist Chemical Lime Plant in Ripplemead on Monday, June 20, where there was a report of an incident inside the mine in Giles County, authorities said. Upon arrival, members of the Giles County Sheriff’s Office were informed that an excavator had been engulfed by materials inside the mine during the cave-in, leaving one person trapped inside the cab of the equipment, a spokesperson for the agency said. First responders wer…

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