Somewhat similar cases occurred in 1986 when in Texas through computer malfunction lethal overdoses of radiation were given to cancer patients. (religion-online.org)
Last year, a photo released by the New Hampshire State Police Forensic Laboratory highlighted just how little fentanyl — a mere three milligrams of the substance — could cause a lethal overdose compared with an equally deadly quantity of heroin (30 milligrams, or ten times as much). (fortune.com)
Over time, that decline may translate to a drop in overdose deaths, since prescription or illicit opioids were involved in 66 % of all lethal overdoses in 2016, according to CDC data. (fortune.com)