Health officials are sounding the alarm over what they’re calling a new threat after Santa Clara County recently confirmed its first carfentanil overdose death.
There’s a thick stack of papers that sits on a shelf directly across from Dr. Michelle Jorden’s desk. The Santa Clara County’s Chief Medical Examiner flips through the toxicology reports, each sheet representing a drug overdose death.
“I can constantly survey what our patients are dying from,” said Dr. Jorden…