Fentanyl Lies in Wait as the ‘Wolf at Australia’s Door’

Fentanyl lies in wait as ’the wolf at Australia’s door’
Fentanyl Lies in Wait as the ‘Wolf at Australia’s Door’
An officer from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Trade and Cargo Division finds Oxycodone pills in a parcel at John F. Kennedy Airport's US Postal Service facility in New York on June 24, 2019. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images
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Australia is underprepared for the possibility of a fentanyl epidemic as the drug lies in wait as the “wolf at the country’s door.”

That’s the warning from health experts who say while illicit fentanyl is yet to garner underworld popularity, more needs to be done to get ahead of its threat.