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Addict describes overdosing on carfentanil

Carfentanil, a drug so powerful it's used as an elephant tranquilizer, is being blamed for dozens of overdoses. It is about 10,000 times more potent than morphine. Kevin McCutcheon, a long-time addict, believes he inadvertently ingested the drug -- and it nearly killed him.
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