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After a local overdose, Lt. Hernandez reminds the community that fentanyl is deadly

After a young person passed away from an overdose this week, Fallbrook Sheriff Substation Lt. Hernandez would like to remind the community how deadly fentanyl is. He said, "Hopefully this reminds people to keep checking on their kids and we don't have additional victims. It's sad seeing kids die from drug usage."

The drug, a synthetic opioid illegally manufactured mostly in China and Mexico, is up to 100 times stronger than morphine and is typically mixed with heroin. It takes a very small amount to kill someone.

Research suggests that the last two years including COVID lockdowns and school closures have made the problem worse. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has blamed the spread of fentanyl for contributing to the rising number of overdose deaths.

Fentanyl was cited as a factor in more than half of all U.S. overdose deaths. From June 2020 to June 2021, the use of synthetic opioids was recorded as the cause of over 62,000 deaths.

 

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