California authorities havr seized enough fentanyl to kill 20 million Americans. Fentanyl has a potency of 50 to 100 times that of morphine.
The Alameda County Sheriff's Office (ACSO) has confiscated a large amount of the lethal drug fentanyl—enough to kill millions of people in the United States.
“ACSO detectives and their partners at the Narcotics Task Force recovered 92.5 pounds of illicit fentanyl at locations in Oakland and Hayward. That’s 42,000 grams that were headed for the streets of the Bay Area. This is a glimpse of the fentanyl epidemic,” the office wrote in an April 23 Twitter post.
MASSIVE FENTANYL BUST: ACSO detectives and their partners at the Narcotics Task Force recovered 92.5 pounds of illicit fentanyl at locations in Oakland and Hayward. That’s 42,000 grams that were headed for the streets of the Bay Area. This is a glimpse of the fentanyl epidemic. pic.twitter.com/LEJTU1v5uh
Fentanyl has a potency of 50 to 100 times that of morphine.
According to the office, fentanyl is frequently distributed in kilograms by drug trafficking groups. 92.5 pounds is enough to kill nearly 20 million people, with one kilogram having the ability to kill 500,000 people. The...