Counterfeit pills linked with multiple overdoses in Rochester

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"* i'm katie lange.

First tonight: conterfeit pills causing concern in the med city.

Tonight we're learning more about the drugs r?

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"*d says are causing a problem in rochester... leading to more overdoses.

Kimt news three's anthony monzon joins us live with why police believe they're becoming more common.

Anthony?

Yeah katie... officers say a dose of narcan may have saved a man's life in this parking lot last night after they found him overdosing.

A friend said he thought the victim took percocet... but police say it was more than likely fentanyl in the form of a counterfeit pill.

Police say incidents like these are on the rise in rochester ?

"* with pills like these being linked with eight overdoses and four deaths in the med city since the start of this year.

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"*p*d has seized over 10?

"* thousand of them... which they say are made to look like legitimate prescription drugs ?

"* but are by?

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"*large laced with fentanyl ?

"* an extremely potet and often deadly opioid.

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Frank ohm with r?

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"*d beli officers are seeing more of these pills because other drugs ?

"* namely methamphetami ne ?

"* have become harder to smuggle since the start of the pandemic.

Ohm says that's made meth more expensive and harder to find... leading to what he calls a "tremendous "opioids, and thank you anthony.

If you have pills like these in your posession... leutenant ohm says you can turn them over to r?

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