Potent Synthetic Opioids Endanger Drug Sniffing Dogs

Potent Synthetic Opioids Endanger Drug Sniffing Dogs

Susan Kaplan

Police dogs in K9 units trained to find potent synthetic opioids like fentanyl risk overdosing. Massachusetts State Police are training officers to administer Narcan to their canines.

Listen to NPR’s story HERE

Aired on May 30th, 2017

Photo Credit: K9 demonstration Ipswich, Massachusetts/S. Kaplan

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