Drug Czar Reports Heroin Bust; Mexican and U.S. Officials Shut Down Major Source of Deadly Fentanyl Supply

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CHICAGO (AP) - U.S. drug czar John Walters said Monday that federal agents, working in cooperation with the Mexican government, have closed down a lab in Mexico that might be the main source of the powerful painkiller fentanyl that has killed heroin users in eight states.

Walters, the director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, said it's still not clear whether the fentanyl was mixed with heroin at the lab in Mexico or after it entered the United States. Fentanyl-laced cocaine also has turned up in some cities, he said.

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Drug Czar Reports Heroin Bust; Mexican and U.S. Officials Shut Down Major Source of Deadly Fentanyl Supply

He warned drug users that millions of deadly doses of fentanyl- laced heroin still might be on the streets. The mixtur...

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