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Smoking Fentanyl Linked to Toxic Brain Damage in First Reported Case


A middle-aged American man with no previous medical history was found unconscious in his hotel room, with "unidentified crushed pills and a white residue" on a nearby table, according to a recent paper in BMJ Case Reports.

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