Elephant Tranquilizer Found As Riverside County Man's Cause Of Death, Public Health Officers Say

Elephant Tranquilizer Found As Riverside County Man's Cause Of Death, Public Health Officers Say

More dangerous than fentanyl, "a minuscule amount (of the drug) can cause a fatal overdose," Riverside University Health System says.

SoCal Man’s Overdose Death Caused by Drug 100 Times Stronger Than Fentanyl

A man in his 40s overdosed on the synthetic opioid carfentanil, a drug 100 times stronger than fentanyl, Riverside County health officials confirmed on July 17. He was the first Riverside County resident confirmed to die from carfentanil. The man, whom health officials did not name, died in March outside the county, but it took months to confirm the cause, health officials reported. “Every life lost from opioids is one too many,” said county Pub…

Pennsylvania DOH scheduling drug 'more powerful than fentanyl' as controlled substance

PENNSYLVANIA (WTAJ) -- A synthetic opioid that has grown in popularity within the state's illicit drug supply since 2019 is temporarily being scheduled as a Class I controlled substance effective Saturday, July 19, according to the Shapiro Administration. Nitazenes are a class of synthetic opioids that were originally developed in the 1950s as painkillers but were never approved for use, and are now described as more powerful than fentanyl. Acco…

Carfentanil – 100 times stronger than fentanyl – claims 1st Riverside County victim

The first overdose death of a Riverside County resident from carfentanil was confirmed on Thursday by county health officials. The synthetic opioid is 100 times stronger than fentanyl and 10,000 times more potent than morphine, they said. The local resident, a man in his 40s, fatally overdosed on carfentanil in March 2025 outside of Riverside County, according to a news release from Riverside University Health System. They did not say where the …