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Fatal cardiac arrests could be hiding opioid overdose deaths in the US

By Jessica Hamzelou Fentanyl is a powerful painkiller that has been central to the US opioid crisisDON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images Sudden deaths are often assumed to be caused by a failing heart. But about 17 per cent of deaths assumed to be caused by cardiac arrest may actually have resulted from drug overdose, according… Read More »