>>> 10-YEAR-OLD ALTON BANKS
SPEND A FUN DAY AT THE
NEIGHBORHOOD POOL.
HE BEGAN VOMITING ONCE HE GOT
GOT HOME AND NOT LONG AFTER WAS
DIED.
A SUDDEN TRAGEDY DIED TO THE
OPIOID CRISIS.
HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH FIN 10,
A SYNTHETIC OPIOID SO POWERFUL
THAT POLICE DEPARTMENTS HAVE
WARNED OFFICERS ABOUT EVEN
TOUCHING THE DRUG.
FIN 10 IS 50 TIMES MORE POTENT
THAN HEROIN.
AND TWO MILLIGRAMS IS ALL IT
TAKES TO OVER DOSE.
PENNY.
>> CHANNEL 2 INVESTIGATOR
JOEL EISENBAUM LOOKS AT HOW FIP
10 AND STRONGER -- FEN 10 AND
STRONGER SYNTHETICS ARE MAKING
THIS MORE DEADLY.
>> Reporter: PRESCRIBED BY
DOCTORS, IT'S USED TO TREAT
CHRONIC PAIN FOR CANCER
PATIENTS.
BUT USED ILLEGALLY, IT PRESENTS
A DANGER.
US.
A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY AND TWO
EMTs EXPOSED IN MARYLAND.
A POLICE OFFICER IN OHIO NEARLY
DIED AFTER RESPONDING TO A
DRUG-RELATED CALL.
11 S.W.A.T. OFFICERS SICKENED
LAST FALL IN CONNECTICUT.
EVEN A K9 OFFICER IN FLORIDA
BECAME ILL AFTER INHALING
FENTANYL DURING A DRUG RAID.
>> IT WAS SO QUICK AND SUCH A
SMALL AMOUNT.
>> THAT'S OUGHT IT TAKES TO TAKE
DOWN TWO GROWN MEN, A SPRINKLE.
IT'S NOT JUST DRUG ABUSERS WHO
OVER DOSE.
INCREASINGLY IT'S FIRE
FIGHTERS,MENTs, AND -- EMT
SOME THINGS, AND POLICE OFFICERS
WHO BREATHED IT IN JUST BY
COLLECTING CRIME SCENE EVIDENCE.
>> YOU JESS MOVED NEWSPAPER
THE -- GET POOFED INTO THE AIR
AND WE INHALED IT.
>> THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT
INVESTIGATION HAS RELEASED A
DANGER.
>> PLEASE DON'T FIELD TEST IN
YOUR CAR OR ON THE STREET.
>> Reporter: SHERIFF'S DEPUTY
HAVE STOPPED FIELD TESTS AND
THEY'VE RECEIVED TRAINING ON HOW
TO HANDLE SCENES WHERE THERE MAY
BE DRUGS.
AND NOW THAT DILIGENCE IS EVEN
MORE CRITICAL, BECAUSE WHAT'S
BEEN DUBBED AS AMERICA'S
DEADLIEST DRUG HAS NOW ALSO BEEN
FOUND ON THE STREETS OF HOUSTON.
>> THE HOUSTON FORENSIC SCIENCE
CENTER HAS CONFIRMED A SEIZURE
OF CARFENTANIL.
THIS HAS BEEN UNDER THE RADAR
BUT THE NEW -- RAISES THE OPIOID
CRISIS IN HOUSTON TO A NEW LEVEL
NOW BEING ENCOUNTERED IN O
CITY.
>> Reporter: CARFENTANIL, AN
ELEPHANT TRANQUILIZER, 100 TIMES
FOR POTENT THAN FENTANYL, 10
THOMAS MORE THAN FOR TEEN.
>> THIS IS SUGAR.
WHAT WE RECEIVED WAS 80
MILLIGRAMS OF CAR FEBRUARY TINL.
JUST THIS MUCH.
THAT'S ENOUGH FOR 4,000 LEGAL
DOSES.
>> Reporter: THE HEAD OF THE
FRENZIC SCIENCE CENTER SAYS
THESE DRUGS ARE SO POTENT, YOU
MAY NOT EVEN BE ABLE TO SEE A
LETHAL DOSE.
>> YOU GET A LETHAL DOSE AND NOT
EVEN REALIZE THAT YOU COME INTO
CONTACT WITH IT.
>> Reporter: AUTHORITIES SAY
DRUG DEALERS ARE USING
CARFENTANIL AND FENTANYL TO CUT
THEIR SUPPLY OF OPIOIDS LIKE
HEROIN, BECAUSE IT'S CHEAPER.
THAT MEANS DRUG USER MAY NOT
EVEN FULLY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE
TAKING.
>> THE LAST TEXT I GOT FROM HIP
THE NIGHT BEFORE HE DIED IS --
FROM HIM THE NIGHT BEFORE HE
DIED IS I NEED $40 FOR FOOD.
APPARENTLY IT WASN'T FOR FOOD.
BUT THAT'S HOW IT ALL ENDED.
>> Reporter: VICKY KING'S SON
OVERDOSED ON HEROIN LACED WITH
FIN 10.
HE WAS JUST 20 YEARS OLD, A GOOD
KID, TALENTED PHOTOGRAPHER.
SOMEONE SHE NEVER THOUGHT WOULD
BECOME ADDICTED TO OPIOIDS.
>> HAD AN EYE FOR THE CAMERA.
I DON'T THINK HE REALIZED HOW
GOOD HE WAS AND HE LOVED IT, BUT
THEN WHEN THINGS STARTED GETTING
AWAY.
>> SHE STILL WONDERS HOW HE
STARTED DOWN THAT PATH.
>> HID A SNOWBOARD -- SHE HAD A
SNOWBOARD SURGERY AND HE WAS ON
15 OR 16 AT THAT AT THE TIME.
>> Reporter: WHEN HE WENT TO
COLLEGE, VICKY GOT HER FIRST
MAJOR WAKE-UP CALL THAT HER SON
HAD A DRUG PROBLEM WHEN HE
LANDED IN AN EMERGENCY ROOM.
>> AND HE WAS THERE FOR AN
OVERDOSE.
>> Reporter: THE FAMILY GOT HER
SON INTO RECOVERY THAT TIME BUT
IT WAS SHORT-LIVED AND DID NOT
SAVE HER SON FROM FIN 10.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE SEEN
ANYTHING MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN
THE FENTANYL.
>> Reporter: TIMMY IS ON THE
FRONT LINES OF THE OPIOID BATTLE
FOR THE DEA.
INVOLVED.
ANYMORE.
>> Reporter: SOME PEOPLE TAKE
COCAINE LACED WITH FENTANYL
ADDICTIVE.
IT'S NOT.
OTHERS USE IT ALONE.
THE CHEMICAL STUFF OR PURE FIRE
AS IT'S CALLED CAN BE FOUND ON
THE STREETS AS LIQUIDS, POWDERS,
>> IT'S EXTREMELY PROFITABLE.