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Summit County Man Works to Bring Fentanyl-Testing Strips to Northeast Ohio

Ideastream Public Media | By Mitch Felan
Published June 21, 2017 at 6:11 PM EDT
Greg McNeil is the founder of Cover2Resources, an opioid addiction awareness organization he founded after he lost his son to a heroin overdose.
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Greg McNeil is the founder of Cover2Resources, an opioid addiction awareness organization he founded after he lost his son to a heroin overdose.
Greg McNeil is the founder of Cover2Resources, an opioid addiction awareness organization he founded after he lost his son to a heroin overdose.
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Greg McNeil is the founder of Cover2Resources, an opioid addiction awareness organization he founded after he lost his son to a heroin overdose.

A Summit County man is working with local officials to bring fentanyl testing strips to Northeast Ohio.

Greg McNeil, whose son was died of an overdose of heroin laced with fentanyl, say the strips will be able to detect the synthetic opioid when it is combined with other drugs. 

“Right now in our area, somewhere in the neighborhood of 80 percentof the heroin is laced with fentanyl and fentanyl poses a real threat. It’s 50 to 100 times the potency than heroin.”

McNeil discovered the test strips after he learned of a similar pilot program in New York City.

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Mitch Felan
Mitch Felan is a news intern for WKSU. He is a multimedia journalist with experience in print, television, radio and visual journalism. Felan is a junior at Kent State University, working towards a Bachelor's Degree in Multimedia Journalism. During the school year, Felan works for Kent State Student Media in TV2, The Kent Stater, and KentWired. He will be serving as the Digital Director for Kent State University's Student Media Newsroom in the Fall.
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