Iowans are being warned about the risks of counterfeit prescription drugs. U.S. Attorney Peter Deegan says users are exposing themselves to fentanyl and carfentanil when they think they’re taking oxycodone. He says the lookalike pills can be deadly.

 

Deegan says drug dealers are increasingly making pills with synthetic opioids.

 

According to 2017 data from the federal government, the majority of people misusing prescription drugs did it to relieve pain, NOT to get high.