By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The DEA is investigating eight fatal overdoses related to the painkiller fentanyl in Sacramento County over the past month.
“People are getting the message (about the dangers of fentanyl),” Sacramento County Public Health Officer Dr. Olivia Kasirye told the Sacramento Bee. “The trend we are seeing is very hopeful, but people need to be careful and should not be taking pills that are not from a credible place like a pharmacy.”
Using dozens of investigators, the DEA is trying to track down the sale of the fentanyl pills, which “were masquerading” as other more mild painkillers.
“We are making progress,” said Casey Rettig, a DEA special agent based in San Francisco, who declined to offer more specifics.
The overdoses were first reported on March 23.
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