Tag: opioids
West Hollywood provides fentanyl tests after 2 people died from the drug
After the death of two men in an apartment in West Hollywood on May 5, the city as well as two local non-profits have banded together to provide tests of drugs to make sure they aren’t laced with fentanyl.
The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office confirmed that 21-year-old Devon Jacob Lopez-Bergman was found dead in the apartment due to the effects of a combination of cocaine, MDMA (aka ecstasy), and fentanyl.
Fentanyl is a potent pain reliever. A synthetic opioid usually...
