(ANSA) - ROME, APR 30 - The Italian health ministry on
Tuesday told Italy's 20 regions to inform it on the risk of the
appearance and possible spread of fentanyl after the synthetic
'zombie drug' that has ravaged the USA was found for the first
time in a cut heroin dose in the Perugia area a few weeks ago.
A note from the Ministry of Health signed by Prevention Director
Francesco Vaia was sent to the Regions to signal the raising of
the alert for fentanyl in Italy to level 3 after it was
identified in the street heroin near Perugia. (ANSA).