A small, largely rural county west of Florida's capital experienced an unheard-of spike in deadly drug overdoses believed to be caused by fentanyl over
TALLAHASSEE — A small, largely rural county west of Florida’s capital experienced an unheard-of spike in deadly drug overdoses believed to be caused by fentanyl over the July 4 weekend,
A small, largely rural county west of Florida’s capital experienced an unheard-of spike in deadly drug overdoses believed to be caused by fentanyl over the weekend, with nine people dying in the latest sign that a crisis in the US is becoming even more far-reaching.
For the whole of this year, Gadsden County had just 10 overdoses, Sheriff Morris Young said.
He could not recall any being fatal.
The state had even rejected a grant application to treat fentanyl overdoses because the county of about 43,700 people could not definitively identify any cases involving the powerful synthetic opioid.
Then, on Friday last week, calls
A small, largely rural county west of Florida's capital experienced an unheard-of spike in deadly drug overdoses believed to be caused by fentanyl over the July 4 weekend.