Billerica Officer Hospitalized After Fentanyl Exposure – But Experts Say It Probably Wasn’t an Overdose

”The more rumors and myths there are out there about fentanyl exposure causing overdose in these kinds of casual encounters, the more stressed out and anxious our first responders are,” Professor Leo Beletsky tells NBC Boston. ”I think it’s really unfortunate that instead of correcting these myths, a lot of media outlets and a lot of law enforcement agencies have instead proliferated it.”