Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid that is responsible for 371 overdose deaths in Erie County. The county Department of Health says numbers hit record highs.
The Erie County Medical Examiner s Office has confirmed the first Erie County opioid-related overdose death linked to carfentanil, a synthetic opioid that is about 10,000 times more potent than morphine and 100 times more potent than fentanyl.