The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has issued a public warning, especially to the state’s recreational drug users, following recent evidence submissions to two TBI crime laboratories.
Several samples of cocaine, submitted by law enforcement agencies in Middle and East Tennessee in recent months, also tested positive for fentanyl, a powerful, narcotic painkiller, or one of its dangerous analogs.
Previously, fentanyl had primarily been identified in samples of heroin or in clandestine pills compounded to resemble legitimate prescription opioids. The recent submissions mark the first time samples of cocaine have tested positive in a TBI laboratory for fentanyl.
The investigation into the origins of the submitted samples remains active and ongoing by the local law enforcement agencies.
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