ALPENA COUNTY, MI -- A 39-year-old Alpena man died Saturday after he apparently used a powerful pharmaceutical-grade opioid in a vape pipe, according to the Michigan State Police.

Troopers were called to a home in Maple Ridge Township northwest of Alpena Saturday, July 1, where they found medics trying to revive the man to no avail.

Police found the man and his wife had purchased Fentanyl online and had turned it into a vaping liquid.

After taking a "number of hits" from the Fentanyl vape pipe, the man passed out and never regained consciousness, police said.

Fentanyl can be 50 to 100 times as potent as morphine.