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[New post] It May Not Be Cocaine: Fentanyl in White Powder in King County

Site logo image Fred Mariscal posted: " The numbers are hard to stomach this year. When the final review of fatal overdoses is completed in the upcoming weeks, 2022 will set another heartbreaking record for fatal overdoses in King County – more than doubling the number of lives lost compared t" PUBLIC HEALTH INSIDER

It May Not Be Cocaine: Fentanyl in White Powder in King County

Fred Mariscal

Dec 27

We are seeing an increase in fatal overdoses involving fentanyl in the form of white powder, even though fentanyl in pills remains the most common form. White powder fentanyl could easily be mistaken for other drugs, like cocaine, or pressed to look like rock cocaine. From our 2022 overdose report, among the overdose deaths where a fentanyl-substance was identified, the majority (64%) were linked to pills, but almost a quarter (23%) were linked to powders. Fentanyl is an extremely powerful opioid.

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