Synthetic opioids a focus of the Minnesota pharmacy board
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We've heard a lot of news lately about how heroin and painkiller abuse is claiming tens of thousands of lives each year in the U.S.
But regulators are also sounding the alarm about a powerful and risky type of synthetic opioids. And the state's pharmacy board is takings steps to ban two obscure drugs tied to overdose deaths.
MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Minnesota Public Radio news reporter Jon Collins.
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