New Study Finds California Especially Vulnerable to Fentanyl Crisis

California is ‘at the epicenter of the fentanyl crisis,’ according to the author.
New Study Finds California Especially Vulnerable to Fentanyl Crisis
Authorities seized about 120,000 fentanyl-laced pills and two handguns during a traffic stop on Interstate 5 in Los Baños, Calif., on Oct. 4, 2024. California Highway Patrol
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Nearly 13,000 people died in California of drug overdoses between May 2023 and May 2024, the highest total of any U.S. state, according to a report issued on Dec. 3 by Hollywood Hills Recovery, a drug abuse treatment and recovery center in Los Angeles.

The state’s “porous border” and proximity to Mexico make it uniquely susceptible to the fentanyl crisis, it stated. Ninety percent of the fentanyl used in the United States comes from Mexico, according to the report.

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