Useful but deadly: Why opioids are such a problem drug

Health experts are warning Australia is underprepared for the possibility of a U-S style, fentanyl epidemic. Opioid dependence has become one of the country's biggest killers with fentanyl and other varieties creating the worst drug crisis in U-S history. So, what is an opioid and why can they be so deadly?

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