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A string of recent overdoses, including one death, prompted the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, along with other public safety agencies, to issue a warning regarding fentanyl found in cocaine.
"While fentanyl contamination in other drugs isn't new, anytime a new cluster of overdoses occurs, we need to make sure our communities are aware and on heightened alert," said the center's director Steve Dudley, PharmD, an instructor in the College of Pharmacy. "We want to make sure unsuspecting individuals are aware as they are not expecting nor prepared to be exposed to fentanyl."
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Founded in 2007, the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix inspires and trains exemplary physicians, scientists and leaders to optimize health and health care in Arizona and beyond. By cultivating collaborative research locally and globally, the college accelerates discovery in a number of critical areas — including cancer, stroke, traumatic brain injury and cardiovascular disease. Championed as a student-centric campus, the college has graduated more than 800 physicians, all of whom received exceptional training from nine clinical partners and more than 2,700 diverse faculty members. As the anchor to the Phoenix Bioscience Core, which is projected to have an economic impact of $3.1 billion by 2025, the college prides itself on engaging with the community, fostering education, inclusion, access and advocacy.