A powerful painkiller often used to boost the potency of street drugs is being blamed for a spike of deaths in B.C., including a 17-year-old boy.

The powerful, cheap opioid fentanyl is being added to recreational drugs, and can lead to an almost immediate overdose death. Here’s what you need to know about fentanyl.

 

Infographic: Fentanyl, the painkiller taking lives