Deadly 'super pill' found in central Florida

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A dangerous new street drug is responsible for at least nine deaths in Florida, officials said.

Agents from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Orlando are warning residents about a drug known as “super pill,” which has been found in central Florida and contains deadly levels of fentanyl.

FDLE said its Orlando crime laboratory recently started seeing counterfeit drugs, not legally prescribed, containing dangerous amounts of fentanyl or fentanyl mixed with other drugs like Percocet, Xanax or Oxycodone.

Although the drugs look identical to regular prescription pain killers, they contain fentanyl.

Officials said fentanyl is more potent than morphine and cheaper than heroin.

“It is important for consumers who need prescription pain killers to get them from licensed pharmacies,” said FDLE Orlando Special Agent Danny Banks. “Consumers have no idea what they are buying when they purchase prescription drugs on the street and just one pill can be deadly.”

Officials said the drug is getting into the hands of high school and college students, who don't realize it.

Banks is urging addicts, abusers and experimenters who have bought illegal prescriptions to turn them in, no questions asked. He said many local law enforcement agencies have drop boxes in their lobbies for anyone to turn in prescriptions.

Here is a list of locations in Seminole County.

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