CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — After another video made national headlines of a law enforcement officer experiencing some sort of emergency after fentanyl exposure, South Carolina’s medical experts want the public to understand the real risks of interactions with the drug and those that use it.
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid used in medical settings to treat severe pain, especially after surgery or for cancer patients. The drug is often manufactured and sold illegally due its ease of production, and its highly addictive properties and sometimes lethal potency mark it as the main driver of the overdose and addiction crisis in the United States, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse…