@article{ref1,
title="Notes from the field: increase in fentanyl-related overdose deaths - Rhode Island, November 2013-March 2014",
journal="MMWR: Morbidity and mortality weekly report",
year="2014",
author="Mercado-Crespo, Melissa C. and Sumner, Steven A. and Spelke, M. Bridget and Sugerman, David E. and Stanley, Christina",
volume="63",
number="24",
pages="531-531",
abstract="During November 2013-March 2014, twice as many all-intent drug overdose deaths were reported in Rhode Island as were reported during the same period in previous years. Most deaths were among injection-drug users, and a large percentage involved fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is 50-100 times more potent than morphine. Clusters of fentanyl-related deaths have been reported recently in several states. From April 2005 to March 2007, time-limited active surveillance from CDC and the Drug Enforcement Administration identified 1,013 deaths caused by illicit fentanyl use in New Jersey; Maryland; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Acetyl fentanyl, an illegally produced fentanyl analog, caused a cluster of overdose deaths in northern Rhode Island in 2013.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0149-2195",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}