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A substance that looks like normal cannabis but contains the highly toxic opioid carfentanil has been found in the Tecumseh area, warns the Windsor-Essex health unit.

According to an alert on the website of the Windsor-Essex Community Opioid and Substance Strategy, the dangerous substance was confirmed on Thursday.

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WECOSS states that the product “has the appearance of cannabis,” but testing determined that the product has no cannabis.

Instead, the product contains carfentanil — a short-acting, quick-onset synthetic opioid said to be 100 times more powerful than fentanyl.

News of the discovery has gone province-wide, prompting warnings by health agencies across Ontario. The Waterloo Region Integrated Drugs Strategy stated: “Please note this is not cannabis laced with an opioid. It is carfentanil that has been disguised to resemble cannabis.”