Public Health warns of recent rise in opioid overdose visits to emergency departments

Clark County Public Health warns of an increase in opioid overdoses, with preliminary evidence suggesting most of the recent overdoses may be due to fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine. https://bit.ly/3H4Q4AS #ClarkCountyPublicHealth #OpioidOverdoses #EmergencyDepartments #DrAlanMelnick #WashingtonStateDepartmentOfHealth #Fentanyl #IllicitDrugs #SyntheticOpioid #VancouverWa #ClarkCountyWa #ClarkCountyNews #ClarkCountyToday