EDITORIAL: Fentanyl kills rich and poor alike, and the deadly opioid’s presence in the nation’s drug supply has the potential to turn parties into funerals.
By The Examiner Editorial Boardhas washed into San Francisco, resulting in overdose deaths for people who likely had no idea they were ingesting the deadly opioid.involving people who died after using cocaine tainted with fentanyl, the synthetic opioid responsible for the vast majority of overdose deaths in The City. Others have overdosed but survived.
The Examiner Editorial Board does not condone the use of hard drugs, but the reality is that people do use these substances — and not just homeless people in neighborhoods like the Tenderloin and SoMa. Two weeks ago, three people died ofin a house on 19th Street in the Mission District. And let’s not pretend that drugs have not been a mainstay of certain party scenes in neighborhoods like Cow Hollow, the Marina and Pacific Heights.
Fentanyl contamination in illicit drugs has been a problem for years. The Drug Enforcement Administration, which confiscated more than 20 million counterfeit pills last year, estimates that 4 out of every 10 counterfeit pills with fentanyl contain a potentially lethal dose. This means people buying fake Oxycontin, Percocet, Xanax or Adderall on the underground market are playing Russian roulette.
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