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Fentanyl is so powerful that even a 2 milligram dose can be fatal. The police have adapted their drug testing methods to incorporate security measures.
The San Diego Union-Tribune:
Fentanyl Worries calls on police to change the way they treat and detect illegal drugs
Wearing gloves and working under a hood venting the vapors from the evidence room, Sgt. Katy Lynch pressed a button on the scanner in her hand and projected a laser on the plastic bag in front of her. In less than a minute, the device, which is about the size of a Nintendo Game Boy, has identified the white powder and shows the word "methamphetamine" on its small screen. (Kucher, 10/7)
In other news about the opioid crisis –
Los Angeles Times:
Costa Mesa police add anti-overdose drug to opium-fighting arsenal
While communities across the country are facing an epidemic of opioids, the Costa Mesa Police Department has equipped vehicles and staff with a fast-acting drug that can help remedy an overdose. Last month, all Costa Mesa police vehicles received kits containing Narcan, a nasal spray that administers the prescription drug naloxone, an opioid antidote for overdoses. (Sclafani, 10/5)
The New York Times:
Life on the dirtiest block in San Francisco
Heroin needles, the pile of dung between the parked cars, the yellow soup coming out of a large plastic bag at the curb and the stained Persian carpet stained, thrown on the corner . It's a garbage scene that could be reminiscent of all sorts of miseries in the developing world. But it's San Francisco, the country's technology capital city, where a street in Hyde is home to an open-air narcotics market, day and night, filled by homeless people and drug addicts sprawled on the sidewalk. (Fuller, 10/8)
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