Created to treat intense pain, Fentanyl is now a scourge on the streets right across the United States.
Addiction to the synthetic opioid is now skyrocketing - and it's been named the deadliest drug in the nation by health officials.
World News Editor Kate Gregan looks at Fentanyl in the United States.
Listen to Kate's World News package above.
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