Fentanyl deaths in L.A. County soared 1,280% between 2016 and 2021, report finds

In L.A. County, the number of deaths linked to fentanyl rose from 109 in 2016 to 1,504 in 2021, the county public health department found.

In the last two months, agents with Homeland Security Investigations have seized as much fentanyl as they did in all of 2019, federal officials said.

The massive rise in deaths “should be a serious concern for everyone,” Tsai said. “Everyone is potentially at risk.” County officials stressed that no group has been left untouched by the crisis but raised concerns about racial and income disparities that might be overlooked. More white residents than Black residents died of fentanyl overdoses in L.A. County last year, but Black people died at higher rates. Black people make up 8% of the L.A. County population but accounted for 17% of deaths from fentanyl overdoses, the report found.

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