It s a bad thing : Northland authorities fight deadly consequences of fentanyl
Despite lifesaving measures undertaken in recent years, the region continues to experience record levels of overdoses and fatalities a trend attributed to highly potent and constantly evolving synthetic opioids. 7:00 am, Apr. 16, 2021 ×
The crisis started with mass prescriptions and black-market sales of pharmaceuticals such as OxyContin and Lortab.
It became increasingly dangerous with the addition of street drugs like heroin that promised users a quick and powerful high.
Now fentanyl and other synthetic opioids are at the forefront of a seemingly never-ending struggle by authorities to curtail an international drug trade that feeds addiction in communities large and small. And the substances are proving far more lethal than the drugs commonly seen before.
Six Dead of Fentanyl Overdose Last Month Alone, Says Sheriff’s Office in Alert Issued to Humboldt County Citizens
Press
release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office:
Humboldt
County has seen a substantial increase in illicit fentanyl
distribution, possession and overdose cases, including an alarming
number of overdose deaths.
Fentanyl
is a synthetic opioid and a Schedule II narcotic that is
approximately 100 times more potent than morphine and 50 times more
potent than heroin. Fentanyl is often added to heroin and other drugs
to increase their potency and can cause accidental overdose.
As
of April 14, 2021, the Humboldt County Coroner’s Office has
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