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A Narcan nasal spray kit, a nasal med trainer and Rapid Response fentanyl test strips are shown at the Flathead City-County Health Department in Kalispell on Wednesday, July 21, 2021. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)

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County sees emerging crisis with addictive painkiller
July 25, 2021 midnight

County sees emerging crisis with addictive painkiller

Flathead County experts say illegally manufactured fentanyl is now prevalent throughout the greater valley, and that issues associated with the highly addictive painkiller may prove to be the most challenging leg yet in Montana’s battle against the ongoing opioid epidemic.