Deaths from fentanyl surge to record 746 in California

[Gerald]

A record number of Californians died in 2017 after overdosing on fentanyl, the opioid that is many times stronger than other prescription painkillers and heroin.

According to the California Department of Public Health, 746 people died from fentanyl overdoses last year. That is more than three times the 237 people who died from fentanyl overdoses in 2016, and nine times the 81 who died from overdosing on the drug in 2013.

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