Number of fentanyl overdoses could be severely underestimated in Sacramento County Share Updated: 8:31 PM PST Feb 26, 2021 Share Updated: 8:31 PM PST Feb 26, 2021
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Show Transcript BEING HIT BY THIS CRISIS. BRITTANY: MASKED INSIDE OF A PILL COULD BE SOMETHING 80 TO 100 TIMES MORE POTENT THAN MORPHINE. THE VERY NEXT PILL MAY BE THE LAST PILL YOU EVER TAKE. BRITTANY: DEADLY IN VERY SMALL DOSES, FENTANYL IS BEING TRAFFICKED INTO THE UNITED STATES. IT HAS FLOODED SACRAMENTO COUNTY, AND CAUSED A LARGE NUMBER OF OVERDOSES AND DEATHS ACCORDING TO DR. KEVIN MACKEY, MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY FIRE AGENCIES. IT IS HEART WRENCHING. IT IS VERY HARD TO SEE A YOUNG LIFE LOST NEEDLESSLY TO AN EPIDEMIC, AND SOME OF THESE FOLKS HAD NO IDEA OF THE DANGERS, DID NOT KNOW WHAT THEY WERE GETTING INTO. BY THE TIME THEY UNDERSTAND IT, IT IS TOO LATE. BRITTANY: DR. MACKEY SAYS EMS REALIZED A PROBLEM WAS ON THEIR HANDS WHEN THEY STARTED RESPON