Officials gathered in Santa Clarita to warn people about the lethal effects of fentanyl disguised as prescription pills.
Crystal Anzalone's son, Nicholas, was only 19 years old when he died from a fentanyl overdose in Santa Clarita a year ago. Anzalone's son joins an alarming number of young people dying from fentanyl.
Officials gathered in Santa Clarita to warn people about the lethal effects of fentanyl disguised as prescription pills, after authorities reported northern Los Angeles county leads the area in fentanyl-related overdoses. Founder of Action Drug and Rehab center Cary Quashen showed how the fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills he's confiscated look very similar to prescription pills.
Quashen added that education is key to getting out of what he calls the worst drug epidemic he's seen. While authorities try to get a handle on the distribution of these lethal pills, Anzalone is still trying to understand how a drug like fentanyl exists.
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