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EXCLUSIVE — Public health officials are fighting a losing battle to save the lives of people who overdose from a new and extremely lethal drug concoction that puts users in a zombielike state of consciousness.

'Zombie' drug of horse tranquilizer-laced fentanyl ravages US and alarms health officials

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