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More killed by fentanyl than heroin in Madison County in 2017

For the first time ever, fentanyl overdoses outnumbered heroin overdose deaths. The coroner said 87 people died from drug abuse in 2017.
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MADISON COUNTY, Ill. – There was an alarming number of overdose deaths in Madison County in 2017.

For the first time ever, fentanyl overdoses outnumbered heroin overdose deaths. The coroner said 87 people died from drug abuse in 2017.

Twenty-one of those cases were believed to be from heroin. The coroner blames 22 deaths on fentanyl. And there were another 11 deaths blamed on a fentanyl-heroin combination.

Already - the coroner says there have been two suspected drug overdose deaths in 2018.

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