Fentanyl Changed the Opioid Epidemic. Now It’s Getting Worse

The super-potent opioid is getting cut in at every level, and is spreading west. Now, experts say, it could replace heroin entirely

Rolling Stone
Aug 31, 2018 · 12 min read
Men in a park where heroin users gather to shoot up in the Bronx. In the past few years, reports of fentanyl in heroin has skyrocketed. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

By MICHAEL O’BRIEN

If you talk to Tony Parilla, he’ll be the first to tell you that his New York City junkie…

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