SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Fentanyl is cheaper than ever and is now easier to find in KELOLAND. Locally, it’s also killing more people.
Since the beginning of 2021, drug overdoses have killed 80 people – and that’s just in Sioux Falls.
When it comes to fentanyl, one pill can kill… and in many cases people don’t even know that they’re about to get a lethal dose of a drug that’s 100 times more potent than morphine.
“Marijuana is laced with fentanyl, opioids are laced with fentanyl, everything is laced with fentanyl right now,” said Vicki Perrault.
In our Inside KELOLAND Special Report on Saturday, we will hear from families struggling with loss.
“She was special. She had a laugh that was contagious. And… no, she was just everything,” Jim Orr said of his daughter Kelcy.
We’ll also look at the efforts to stop the drug from getting here.
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“The supply of fentanyl is rising, the street value is going down. So when people are paying less you know there is more supply out there. So we are seeing the affects of that as the supply is readily available,” said Sioux Falls Police Chief Jon Thum.